Beyond Plunder: Toward Democratic Governance in Liberia
  • 2005/243 pages

Beyond Plunder:

Toward Democratic Governance in Liberia

Amos Sawyer
Hardcover: $65.00
ISBN: 978-1-58826-384-1
Ebook: $65.00
ISBN: 978-1-62637-099-9
Can a stable political order be established in Liberia in the aftermath of the collapse of governance and a horrendous period of pillage and carnage? Amos Sawyer argues that the task can indeed be accomplished—but only in the context of new constitutional arrangements and governing institutions that differ markedly from those of the past.

Sawyer draws deeply on his experience as head of state as he explores new ways of establishing constitutional foundations for democratic governance. Though he focuses on Liberia (and to some extent Sierra Leone and Guinea), his work speaks profoundly to the many other parts of Africa where the governing systems established at independence have broken down with often tragic consequences.

Amos Sawyer (1945-2022) served as  president of Liberia in 1990-1994. Among his subsequent posts in the academic sphere, he was codirector and research scholar at the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University. Later, he was chair of Liberia's Governance Reform Commission. He was awarded the Gusi Peace Prize in 2011.

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