MILITARY GOVERNMENT IN MALI

In: The journal of modern African studies: a quarterly survey of politics, economics & related topics in contemporary Africa, Band 13, Heft 2, S. 249-266

Abstract

THE CASE OF MALI CONTRADICTS THE NOTION THAT JUNTAS WITH BROAD POLITICAL AMBITIONS WILL TEND TO STAY IN POWER INDEFINATELY, WHILE THOSE WITH LIMITED CORPORATE INTERESTS WILL FIND IT EASY TO TURN POWER OVER TO CIVILIANS WHO WILL GRANT AUTONOMY TO THE ARMED FORCES. IT SEEMS UNLIKELY THAT THE JUNTA WILL SHOW A DRAMATIC DEPARTURE FROM ITS PAST RECORD DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE 1970S.