Beyond State Failure and Collapse

Making the State Relevant in Africa

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

AvGeorge Klay Kieh Jr.,George Klay Kieh Jr,George Klay Kieh

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There is a general consensus in the scholarly literature that the post-colonial state in Africa has failed. Some states (Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia) have collapsed. Various arguments have been proffered to explain this dynamics of African state failure and collapse. However, the literature on state reconstitution is inchoate and minimal. This edited volume focuses on prescriptions for reconstituting the post-colonial state in Africa. Essays on nine African states (Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, and Uganda) are preceded by an introduction to the political economy of the African state.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2007-04-26
Mått160 x 236 x 28 mm
Vikt585 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor304
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780739108925

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Part 1 BackgroundChapter 2 Introduction: The Terminally Ill Berlinist StateChapter 3 Making the State Relevant: Theoretical ModelsChapter 4 A Political Economy of the African StatePart 5 Case StudiesChapter 6 Making the State Relevant in BurundiChapter 7 Making the State Relevant in the Democratic Republic of the CongoChapter 8 State-Building in EthiopiaChapter 9 The State, Its Reform, and the Question of Legitimacy in KenyaChapter 10 Nigeria: Challenges to the State and the Way of Breaking Through the QuagmireChapter 11 State Disintegration and the Restoration of Legitimate Authority in Sierra LeoneChapter 12 Somalia: State Failure, Collapse, and the Possibilities of State ReconstitutionChapter 13 Making the State Relevant in South AfricaChapter 14 Making the State Relevant: The Politics of State Reconstruction in UgandaPart 15 Future ProspectsChapter 16 Creating a Relevant State in Africa: The Lessons