Title: A village-up view of Sierra Leone’s civil war and reconstruction : multilayered and networked governance

Authors: Vincent, James B.M.

Place: Brighton

Publisher: Institute of development studies (IDS)

Year: 2012

Journal: IDS research report

Volume: 75

PAGE: --

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: civil war, ethnic and racial groups, leadership, reconstruction, rural areas, local government, customs and traditions, sierra leone

Abstract: This report offers a ‘bottom-up’ review of the reconstruction of the state following a devastating civil war, using the case of Sierra Leone. In Africa, the individual state-citizen relationship is also mediated through pre-colonial rural governance systems that continue to play a crucial role.

URL: http://www.ids.ac.uk/files/dmfile/RR75.pdf

Document type: Report