Beyond State Failure and Collapse
Making the State Relevant in Africa
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Lexington Books
Published:26th Apr '07
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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.
ISBN: 9780739108925
Dimensions: 236mm x 160mm x 28mm
Weight: 585g
304 pages