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What is Burkina Faso about?

Cover 1 About the Author 3 Title Page 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Acknowledgments 8 Acronyms 10 1. Insurgent Citizens and the State 16 Citizen Awakening 21 2. Uneasy Colonial Roots 24 Colonial Conquest and State-Making 27 Decolonization 32 3. Ministries of Plunder 37 Officers at the Helm 40 Politicians Back at the Trough 43 “Lies and Deceit” 47 Colonels’ “Discipline” 49 4. From Crisis to Revolution 53 The Conseil Du Salut Du Peuple 54 Power in the Balance 61 The Conseil National De La Révolution 64 5. Refashioning the State 66 Localization of the State 67 Transforming the Civil Service 69 New Courts to “Fry Big Fish” 71 An Army of the People? 78 6. On Fragile Ground 83 Budget Cutting in Public View 83 State Enterprises under a Microscope 84 Reinforcing Tax Collection 85 "Home-Cooked" Rigour 86 Seeking New Social Alliances 88 Nation-Building 93 7. Mobilization from Above and Below 96 Confronting Rural Complexities 100 Social Mobilization 102 Village and Farmers’ Associations 104 Women’s Organization 106 Labour 108 Despots, Gangsters, and Imposters 111 8. Coup and “Rectification” 114 Between Conciliation and Coercion 115 Social Tensions and Infighting 116 The October 1987 Coup 12

Author

Harsch, Ernest

Published

2017

Language

EN