Very similar in some ways, but strikingly different in others,
Sierra Leone and Liberia have an obvious appeal for comparative
analysis. They share the legacy of foundation by immigrants of
African descent and the juxtaposition of these with indigenous
peoples, but within the contrasting institutional frameworks of
settler independence and British colonialism. They have similar
social and economic structures but sharply dissimilar political
records: Liberia has long been regarded as the classic case of
stability at the price of oligarchy, whereas Sierra Leone, after a
period as West Africa's most successful two-party democracy,
suffered a succession of military coups and by 1973 was effectively
a single-party state. This study seeks to analyse and account for
both similarities and differences, looking at the two countries'
experience in the 1960s and early 1970s, not only in central
politics but also at the local level and in economic policy.
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