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Type:
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Working Paper |
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Author:
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Ostrom, Vincent |
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Date:
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1986 |
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Agency:
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Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Bloomington, IN |
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Workshop Working Paper, W86-2 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/3933
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Social Organization |
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Subject(s):
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Workshop
culture
revolutionary movements--theory
political theory
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Abstract:
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From Pages 3 and 4:
"In this essay I wish to continue the traditions of inquiry pursued by Cabral and Todorov. My concern is with how those who wish to achieve liberation can move forward ? based upon their thoughts and actions ? without being trapped in new forms of domination and
oppression. In this analysis, I shall first turn my attention to circumstances where the quest for liberation can lead to the entrapment of people in new forms of subjection. Among the liberation traps I shall explore are: (1) the revolution trap, (2) independence and the sovereignty trap, (3) democracy, size problems, and coalition traps, and (4) national liberation and the security trap. There are
others, but a consideration of the above is sufficient for an understanding that the struggle for liberation is plagued by a variety of traps. In the concluding section of this paper, I shall further consider the nature of the struggle that is necessary to achieve
liberation."
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