Burkina Faso : Unsteady Statehood In West Africa

by Pierre Englebert

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Format Hardback or Cased Book

ISBN-10 0367314762

ISBN-13 9780367314767

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Aug 28th, 2019

Print length 224 Pages

Weight 439 grams

Product Classification: Regional geography

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Pierre Englebert highlights the historical and contemporary factors that account for the Burkina Faso's, a country in West Africa, instability; considers the ethnic, religious, and social contours of its polity; examines its economic policies and prospects; and analyzes its external relations.

Poor even by the standards of West Africa, Burkina Faso has been plagued by political instability since independence from France in 1960. It has suffered five military coups, the last of which cost the life of Thomas Sankara, who had waged war on poverty, corruption and illiteracy. Yet Burkina Faso''s growth was surprisingly strong during the 1980s,

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