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9780739108925

Beyond State Failure and Collapse Making the State Relevant in Africa

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  • ISBN13:

    9780739108925

  • ISBN10:

    0739108921

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-04-26
  • Publisher: Lexington Books
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Summary

Various arguments have been proffered to explain the 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.

Table of Contents

Introduction : the terminally ill Berlinist statep. 3
Making the state relevant : theoretical modelsp. 23
The political economy of the African statep. 33
Making the state relevant in Burundip. 51
Making the state relevant in the Democratic Republic of the Congop. 79
State-building in Ethiopiap. 99
The state, its reform, and the question of legitimacy in Kenyap. 115
Nigeria : challenges to the state and ways of breaking through the quagmirep. 151
The disintegration and restoration of state authority in Sierra Leonep. 177
Somalia : state failure, state collapse, and the possibilities for state reconstitutionp. 201
Making the state relevant in South Africap. 221
Making the state relevant : the politics of state reconstruction in Ugandap. 235
Creating a relevant state in Africa : the lessonsp. 255
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