Beyond State Failure and Collapse
Making the State Relevant in Africa
Published on 26. April 2007
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-0-7391-0892-5 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
647 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7391-0892-5 (9780739108925)
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George Klay Kieh, Jr. is professor of political science & African studies at Grand Valley State University.
Content
Part 1 Background
Chapter 2 Introduction: The Terminally Ill Berlinist State
Chapter 3 Making the State Relevant: Theoretical Models
Chapter 4 A Political Economy of the African State
Part 5 Case Studies
Chapter 6 Making the State Relevant in Burundi
Chapter 7 Making the State Relevant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Chapter 8 State-Building in Ethiopia
Chapter 9 The State, Its Reform, and the Question of Legitimacy in Kenya
Chapter 10 Nigeria: Challenges to the State and the Way of Breaking Through the Quagmire
Chapter 11 State Disintegration and the Restoration of Legitimate Authority in Sierra Leone
Chapter 12 Somalia: State Failure, Collapse, and the Possibilities of State Reconstitution
Chapter 13 Making the State Relevant in South Africa
Chapter 14 Making the State Relevant: The Politics of State Reconstruction in Uganda
Part 15 Future Prospects
Chapter 16 Creating a Relevant State in Africa: The Lessons
Chapter 2 Introduction: The Terminally Ill Berlinist State
Chapter 3 Making the State Relevant: Theoretical Models
Chapter 4 A Political Economy of the African State
Part 5 Case Studies
Chapter 6 Making the State Relevant in Burundi
Chapter 7 Making the State Relevant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Chapter 8 State-Building in Ethiopia
Chapter 9 The State, Its Reform, and the Question of Legitimacy in Kenya
Chapter 10 Nigeria: Challenges to the State and the Way of Breaking Through the Quagmire
Chapter 11 State Disintegration and the Restoration of Legitimate Authority in Sierra Leone
Chapter 12 Somalia: State Failure, Collapse, and the Possibilities of State Reconstitution
Chapter 13 Making the State Relevant in South Africa
Chapter 14 Making the State Relevant: The Politics of State Reconstruction in Uganda
Part 15 Future Prospects
Chapter 16 Creating a Relevant State in Africa: The Lessons