Ambivalent Rage : Youth Gangs and Urban Protest in Conakry, Guinea

Title data

Philipps, Joschka:
Ambivalent Rage : Youth Gangs and Urban Protest in Conakry, Guinea.
Paris : Harmattan , 2013 . - 244 p.
ISBN 978-2-343-01577-4

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Abstract in another language

Why do urban youth gangs protest against a political regime? And why do their protests occur right in the center of a capital city? Ambivalent rage investigates the world of youth gangs and politics in the West-African city of Conakry, Guinea. It sheds lights on how young men organize in gangs, how they perceive, confront and collaborate with the political elite and how his translate their precariousness into political instability.

Further data

Item Type:	Book / Monograph
Keywords:	Urban protest; political protest; Guinea; youth gangs
Institutions of the University:	Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies > Chair Sociology of Africa
Result of work at the UBT:	No
DDC Subjects:	300 Social sciences 300 Social sciences > 300 Social sciences, sociology and anthropology 300 Social sciences > 320 Political science
Date Deposited:	23 Aug 2024 06:54
Last Modified:	23 Aug 2024 06:54
URI:	https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/90244