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Title Famine and Democracy in Mauritania | ||
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http://hdl.handle.net/1887/17044 | ||
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Date 2006 | ||
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Author(s) Holden, S.F. | ||
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Abstract In August 2005, a military junta engaged in a bloodless coup in Mauritania that ousted President Maaouya Sid' Ahmed Ould Taya. Supporters and critics of this coup both explain this event in terms of a struggle for democracy. According to the author this analysis can neither explain the coup nor the popular support of it. Instead, she argues that environmental catastrophe has long acted as a catalyst for political change in Mauritania, just as in other countries in North Africa. Political instability in other countries will surely follow in the wake of more bad harvests. | ||
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Subject(s) Mauritania | ||
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Language en_US | ||
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Publisher ISIM, Leiden | ||
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Type of publication Article / Letter to editor | ||
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Format 79042 bytes; application/pdf | ||
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Source 17; 1; 33; 33; 1; ISIM Review | ||
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Repository Leiden - University of Leiden 
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