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Denna studie undersöker globaliseringens påverkan på demokratins utveckling i Gambia utifrån tre olika dimensioner; ekonomisk, politisk, och social globalisering. Till skillnad från andra västafrikanska länder har Gambias demokrati utvecklats negativt till autokrati, trots globalisering. Genom sökning av historiska händelser syftar uppsatsen till att förstå hur demokratiska förändringar i politiska rättigheter och civil frihet är kopplade till de tre dimensionerna av globalisering. Resultaten visar ett komplicerat förhållande mellan globalisering och demokrati. Den ekonomiska globaliseringen inverkar både positivt och negativt, beroende på landets ekonomiska stabilitet och hur regimen agerar med korruption eller retorik mot utländskt inflytande. Den politiska och sociala globaliseringen har en stark indirekt och negativ inverkan, trots att krafterna är positiva genom internationella organisationers och länders krav samt den idéspridning som sker genom befolkningens internationella kontakter. Den negativa inverkan består av regimens reaktioner mot dessa positiva krafter i form av politiska och civila inskränkningar. Mot slutet av den analyserade tidsperioden blir regimen alltmer desperat genom auktoritära metoder men den förlorar också alltmer kontroll. Det förefaller som den grundläggande effekten av globalisering ändå till sist har en positiv inverkan genom att regimen förefaller upplösas.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2003. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 351-365).

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The aim of this study is to create an increased intercultural understanding by studying how the Gambian teachers interpret and handle situations that from a Swedish perspective could be called bullying. A qualitative method have been used were the materials have been gathered through unstructed observations and interviewes with teachers in the Gambia as well as formalized conversations with other school staff. The data has been collected in different schools in the Gambia during the winter of 2013. Four different theories are used to analyse the result. These are the sociocultural perspective, cultural framework, the postcolonial perspective and the frame factor theory. The result shows that the Gambian teachers have a hard time to describe and define the term bullying. They interpret the concept bullying as corporal punishment and that it is a question about abusive behaviour from an adult towards a child. There is also one teacher that speaks about bullying as something that can occur between pupils as well, but this is a rare opinion. It is obvious that the overloaded classrooms are a big obstacle for the Gambian teachers when it comes to create a positive learning experience were the pupils show mutal respect for each other. There is a risk that teachers are missing a lot of things that are going on behind their backs. There are no written documents on how to work with or prevent bullying. There is one document about corporal punishment and it does only exist in governmental schools.

Thesis (Ph. D. - Renewable Natural Resources)--University of Arizona, 1989. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 188-193).

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Yes / The Gambia has experienced three significant political crises in its history: the attempted coup of 1981, the successful coup of 1994, and the latest events in 2016-17 when President Yahya Jammeh, having exercised semi-authoritarian power since 1994, was defeated at the ballot box but refused to step down until he was finally forced to do so. Using academic, media, social media and interview material, this article examines all three processes and their aftermaths, in particular the latter, through the lens of ‘small state’ politics. The article demonstrates that the small size of the population, elite, and landmass indeed matters in driving Gambian political processes. In 2023, several post-2017 processes, including constitutional change, transitional justice and elections, are playing out within the confines of the small state. This article then assesses to what extent a ‘New Gambia’, to use current President Adama Barrow’s phrase, has emerged. / The full-text of this article will be released for public view at the end of the publisher embargo on 21 Aug 2025.