Beyond state failure and collapse : making the state relevant in Africa / edited by George Klay Kieh, Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kieh, George Klay, Jr., 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa--Politics and government--1960-.

Africa.

Politics and government.

Democracy--Africa.

Democracy.

Africa--Social conditions--1960-.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

x, 293 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2007]

Contents:

Introduction : the terminally ill berlinst state / George Klay Kieh, Jr.

Making the state relevant : theoretical models / George Klay Kieh, Jr.

The political economy of the African state / Pita Ogaba Agbese

Making the state relevant in Burundi / Leonce Ndikumana

Making the state relevant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo / Musifiky Mwanasali

State-building in Ethiopia / Kidane Mengisteab

The state, its reform, and the question of legitimacy in Kenya / Godwin Murunga

Nigeria : challenges to the state and ways of breaking through the quagmire / Toure Kazah-Toure

The disintegration and restoration of state authority in Sierra Leone / Hashim Gibrill

Somalia : state failure, state collapse, and the possibilities for state reconstitution / Alice B. Hashim

Making the state relevant in South Africa / Owen Sichone

Making the state relevant : the politics of state reconstruction in Uganda / Paul Omach

Creating a relevant state in Africa : the lessons / George Klay Kieh, Jr.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-279) and index.

ISBN:

9780739108925

0739108921

OCLC:

72798485