Nymanjoh, F;
Rowlands, M;
(1998)
Elite Associations and the Politics of Belonging in Cameroon.
Africa
, 68
(3)
320 - 337.
10.2307/1161252.
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Abstract
The development of elite associations has been a consequence of the growth of multi-partyism and the weakening of authoritarian state control in Cameroon in the 1990s. The attachment of electoral votes and rights of citizenship to belonging to ethnicised regions has encouraged the formal distinction between ‘natives’ and ‘strangers’ in the creation of a politics of belonging. The article argues that this development has also led to the replacement of political parties at the local level by ethnicised elite associations as prime movers in regional and national politics.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Elite Associations and the Politics of Belonging in Cameroon |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.2307/1161252 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1161252 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © International African Institute 1998 |
| Keywords: | politics |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Anthropology |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/146729 |
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