Hi Ebrima!
               Congrats on the publication of your book. I'll get my copy. 
I'll give you a call. Have a good day.
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                    Buharry.
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From: "Ebrima Ceesay" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 2:34 AM
Subject: A MUST-READ BOOK ON GAMBIAN POLITICS PUBLISHED


> Dear readers,
>
> With only a few days to go before the next Presidential Election in The 
> Gambia, I am very pleased to announce that I have written a book on 
> Gambian Politics under Yahya Jammeh and it can now be purchased online.
>
> Published in Canada by Trafford Publishing, the book is titled: The 
> Military and 'Democratisation' in The Gambia: 1994-2003. It has ten 
> fascinating chapters and 345 pages. The size of the book is 6 inches x 9 
> inches and it is available in both trade paperback (softcover)  and 
> hardcover. Take note of the fact that the hardcover is more expensive than 
> the paperback (softcover). The book's ISBN number is: 1-4251-0103-8.
>
> The book is available for sale online and it can be ordered online at 
> www.trafford.com/06-1860
>
>
> Excerpts from the book can be seen/read on my webpage.
>
> Alternatively, you can ring Trafford UK or Trafford Canada and order the 
> book over the phone. These are the contact addresses of Trafford UK and 
> Trafford Canada:
>
> Trafford Publishing
> 2333 Government Street
> Suite 6E
> Victoria, British Columbia
> Canada, V8T 4P4
> Tel: 250 383 6864
> Toll Free: 1-888-232-4444 (from Canada and USA)
> Fax: 250 383 6814
>
> Or
>
> Trafford Publishing (UK) Ltd.
> 9 Park End Street, 2nd Floor
> Oxford, OX1 1HH
> United Kingdom
> Tel: 01865 722 113 or 0845 230 9601
> Fax: 01865 722 868
>
>
> This is a very thought provoking book on a very important subject/topic. 
> In fact, it is the most comprehensive book ever written on the military 
> and the democratisation process in The Gambia. It's very well-written and 
> there is, of course, a clear link between the theory and the very solid 
> empirical evidence. Needless to mention, the theoretical framework is very 
> clearly presented.
>
> This timely and incisive book provides an original and detailed analysis 
> of the root causes of the 1994 coup d'etat in The Gambia, the motivations 
> behind the juniors officers who seized power, as well as critically 
> examines post-coup politics in The Gambia from 1996 to 2003.
>
> In other words, the book offers lucid, original, important and critical 
> insights into our understanding of contemporary Gambian politics. Anyone 
> who wishes to understand Gambian Politics under Yahya Jammeh is advised to 
> buy this book. The study is also a valuable addition to the literature on 
> the military and the democratisation process in Africa.
>
> My book will be a vital text for any student of African Politics who 
> wishes to study Gambian Politics. It will be an essential guide for 
> academic researchers, students, politicians, journalists and policy makers 
> who wish to understand the nature and scope of the most recent political 
> changes that occurred in The Gambia, in the wake of the 1994 coup d'etat.
>
> In a similar development, be informed that another important book on 
> Gambian Politics/History will be released on 27th October 2006. The book 
> is titled "A Political History of The Gambia, 1816-1994"and is written by 
> Professor Arnold Hughes and Dr David Perfect, both Gambianists or 
> experts/specialists in Gambian Affairs.
>
> Professor Arnold Hughes is former Director and Emeritus Professor of 
> African Politics, Centre of West African Studies, University of 
> Birmingham, UK. This 560-page book can also be ordered online at 
> www.boydell.co.uk/80462308.HTM
>
>
> Anyone interested in the political history of The Gambia will find this 
> book an important source of insight. The book should be core reading for 
> anyone with an interest in Gambian Politics/History. It contains 
> insightful and well-articulated analyses of pre- and post independence 
> politics in The Gambia.
>
> Meanwhile, for more about my book, you can read the write-up below, culled 
> from the webpage created by Trafford Publishing for my book.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ebrima Ceesay
>
>
> ABOUT THE BOOK:   The Military and 'Democratisation' in The Gambia: 
> 1994-2003
>
> This book - The Military and 'Democratisation' in The Gambia: 1994-2003 
> (By Ebrima Ceesay) - provides an account of significant political 
> developments in a small West African country, The Gambia, about which such 
> information is not readily available. It is a robustly written account of 
> the very fluid politics of The Gambia over the last ten years since the 
> coup that ousted President Dawda Jawara. The author is able to bring an 
> enviable amount of first-hand understanding to the case at hand. He was a 
> newspaper editor in The Gambia and also a correspondent there for the BBC.
>
> The book addresses a subject of much current interest in the wider 
> development and policy-related literatures and much of the information 
> makes an original contribution to knowledge in the area of democracy and 
> military rule in The Gambia. The study thus constitutes an original 
> contribution to the growing scholarship on The Gambia. It also makes a 
> contribution to the existing literature on democratisation and the 
> military in West Africa.
>
> The book undertakes the much needed research into recent political 
> developments in The Gambia, and sets this in the wider context of West 
> African politics. It provides an in-depth study of events in The Gambia 
> prior to and post 1994 and examines The Gambian case in a theoretical 
> context pertaining to Africa in general, and the West African sub-region 
> in particular.
>
> The fundamental concern of this book is to determine whether it is 
> possible for a nation to democratise under 'military' rule. Following the 
> 1994 coup d'etat, The Gambia had military rule until 1997. After two 
> Presidential elections, it remained under 'quasi-military' rule, the 
> military having merely been thinly disguised in civilian clothes. The 
> central argument of this book is that in the case of The Gambia, it has 
> not been possible to democratise under either 'military' or 
> 'quasi-military' rule. The country is far from being democratic and the 
> democratisation process has barely begun. The Gambia operates under an 
> authoritarian regime with strong military overtones.
>
> The 1994 coup d'etat in The Gambia took place at a time when most of 
> Africa was moving towards democratisation. At the same time, The Gambia 
> moved away from democratisation and into military dictatorship. This 
> Gambian 'exceptionalism' in recent regional, continental and global 
> political development is explained and analysed in the book. The study 
> presents a conceptual and empirical analysis of the recent 
> 'democratisation' processes under the military and military-turned 
> civilian regimes in The Gambia. It uses conceptual or analytical insights, 
> drawn from the general literature on military regimes in Africa, to inform 
> understanding of the case study. The book raises a number of very 
> pertinent questions concerning the place of the military in a modern 
> African polity, and the varied contexts and contested nature of this role.
>
> The book sets out to assess the military regime that seized power in The 
> Gambia in July 1994, and which remains in power to the present day - 
> having formally converted itself into an "elected" civilian regime through 
> managed elections from which the military leader emerged victorious.
>
> It is broadly concerned with four themes: a) pre-independence politics in 
> The Gambia, the Jawara years and the causes of his overthrow; b) the coup 
> d'etat that brought the military regime to power on 22 July 1994; c) the 
> subsequent conduct of the military regime, with particular concern for its 
> attempt to legitimise itself through elections; and d) the question of 
> whether The Gambia can be regarded as a democracy, to which the author has 
> returned a decided negative.
>
> Four main questions are posed. What were the causes of the military coup 
> in The Gambia? What were the various phases of military rule? How has the 
> military performed in office? Has The Gambia returned to a functioning 
> democratic state following the 1996 and 2001 elections? The findings 
> indicate that the military intervention was prompted by a combination of 
> political, economic and social problems in the country.
>
> The 1994 coup d'etat in The Gambia is best seen as the outcome of two main 
> variables: the societal/economic/political factors which made military 
> intervention a possibility, set against the motivations of junior officers 
> of the Gambia National Army to intervene in the government of The Gambia 
> because of their own dissatisfactions and possible personal aspirations. 
> Direct military rule was in two phases and the military's leadership 
> performance was poor in respect of human and civil rights in both phases, 
> although there were some modest gains in socio-economic terms. Despite the 
> holding of elections, The Gambia remains undemocratic.
>
> The study is based on newspaper reports, interviews and the author's own 
> experiences as a journalist in The Gambia until his departure from the 
> country in 1996, together with published sources. The empirical element in 
> the book is accompanied by a survey of literature in the field, notably 
> relating to military regimes in general, and especially in Africa. The 
> treatment of empirical developments and academic sources in the book is 
> both descriptive and conceptual.
>
> The ten chapters (including a general conclusion) which make up the book 
> are logically structured; general aims and objectives, which are clearly 
> identified in the introductory chapter, are pursued in a sustained way in 
> the subsequent discussion. Early presentations of approach, objectives and 
> strategy combine with overviews of pre-1994 politics and economics in the 
> opening two chapters.
>
> Along with the summary of the circumstances surrounding the military's 
> intervention in politics in 1994 (Chapter 3), these serve as a prelude to 
> the detailed evaluation of the military's performance in government; and 
> the circumstances, processes and consequences of the army's transformation 
> into a "democratic" civilian (in reality a "quasi-military") regime, which 
> constitutes the middle third, and core, of the book.
>
> The final third of the book focuses on the fortunes of both democracy and 
> politics under a quasi-military regime, and tries to draw lessons from 
> this experience for a serious consideration of the role of the military in 
> democratic politics. The penultimate chapter offers recommendations for 
> deterring future coups in The Gambia and elsewhere in Africa, while a 
> general conclusion presents a cogent summary of the principal findings and 
> conclusions.
>
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