Dear All,
Professor Abdoulaye Saine, Dr Ebrima Sall and I are pleased to inform you that
the Gambia volume/book we have edited - can now be pre-ordered via this
website:
http://www.africaworldpressbooks.com/servlet/Detail?no=1006
The book cover is also attached for your information. State and Society in The Gambia Since Independence: 1965 – 2012 is ground
breaking and a massive volume for that matter (686 pages). Its exact
publication date will be announced here online, as soon as it is confirmed by
the publisher, but the tentative date is December 2012. The book has 15
chapters, excluding an excellent Foreword and a brilliant Postscript by
Professors Lamin Sanneh and Sulayman Nyang respectively. It is published by the
New Jersey based Africa World Press and features a wide-ranging selection of
the works of established and promising scholars of Gambian studies. A second
volume is also now underway.
It is hoped that this first volume will make a significant contribution towards consolidating intellectual interest in, and international policy engagement with, The Gambia. This study is not only an essential read for those whose research focuses explicitly on Gambia, but is also useful for those who research other countries and are seeking useful comparative material. Finally, it is envisaged that the range of issues examined in this volume will serve as a starting-point for the development of a new research agenda for Gambian Studies that can be taken forward both by the contributors to this volume and by other scholars.
Regards,
Ebrima (for the editors)
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Table of contents:
Preface
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Lamin Sanneh
Introduction
“Improbable Gambia”: Three Dialogical Strands
The Editors
Part I: Historical Backdrop
1. The Foundations of Modern Gambia: British Rule, 1816-1965
Donald R. Wright
2. Enter the ‘Experts’: Environmental and Agrarian Change in
The Gambia, 1900-1951
Kenneth Swindell
3. Strange Farmers and the Development of The Gambia’s
Peanut Trade
Tijan M. Sallah
4. Gambian Electoral Politics: 1960-2012
David Perfect and Arnold Hughes
5. From Hope to Despair: Travails of Constitutional Law-Making
in Gambia’s Second Republic
Abou Jeng
6. Post-Coup Politics and Authoritarianism in The Gambia:
1994-2012
Abdoulaye Saine and Ebrima Ceesay
Part II: Political Economy and External Relations
7. Trade Unions and Government in The Gambia: 1965-94
David Perfect
8. The ‘Senegambia’ Experience: Twelve Pointers for Regional
Integration in Africa
Jeggan C. Senghor
9. Uncertain Ground: The Gambia and the Casamance Conflict
Martin Evans and Charlotte Ray
Part III: Socio-Political and Literary Perspectives
10. Contested Status: The Politics of HIV Treatments in The
Gambia
Rebecca Cassidy
11. Education in The Gambia: The Interactive Effects of Policies
and Socio-Economic Variables
Ousman Gajigo
12. Gambian Fiction: An Analytical Study
Cherno Omar Barry
13. The Sociology of Sanawuyaa: Continuity and Change in
Southwestern Gambia
Mark Davidheiser
14. Women and Gender in The Gambia: Problems, Progress and
Prospects
Sylvia Chant and Isatou Touray
15. Wild Oysters, Female Harvesters, and Mangrove Forests of
The Gambia
Judith A. Carney, Britt L. Crow, and Hassoum Ceesay
16. Community Policing in The Gambia: When Democratically-
Based Strategies and Best Intentions Are Turned Upside Down
Stephen B. Perrott
Postscript
Sulayman Nyang
Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Index