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Liberian Politics tells the fascinating story of Liberia's early nation-building efforts, its attempts to establish democracy, and the pivotal role played by African Americans in exporting the American democratic experiment to Liberia. The story of the rise of Africa's oldest democracy is told through the writings of J. Milton Turner, an African American diplomat who served in Liberia from 1871 to 1878. Turner's official diplomatic correspondence—superbly organized and edited by Walton, Rosser, and Stevenson—document Liberia's struggle to define its political institutions and processes. They chart Liberia's struggle to establish its relationship with the wider world and offer an intimate portrait of Turner's role as the agent of U.S. foreign policy in Liberia. A comparative study in the best tradition of Tocqueville and Myrdal, this pathbreaking work reveals the global dimensions of nineteenth-century African American politics and offers rich insight into the direction of early U.S. diplomacy in Africa.
Contents
Part 1 Preface Part 2 Introduction Part 3 Prologue Part 4 Political Background Chapter 5 Political Patronage: The Political Appointment of an African American Diplomat Chapter 6 The African American Diplomat in Liberia: The Challenges and Hardships Chapter 7 The Outsider's Perspective: A New Methodological Approach Part 8 Liberian Domestic Politics Chapter 9 The Liberian Political Processes and Institutions Part 10 Liberian Foreign Policy Chapter 11 The Liberian Foreign Policy-Making Process Part 12 Problems & Prospects Chapter 13 The Documents Revisited: The Roots of Failure of America's Peculiar Relationship with Liberia Chapter 14 Democracy Stillborn: How Race and Ethnicity Impeded the Transplantation of U.S. Styled Democracy in Liberia
