Beyond state failure and collapse
Subtitle: making the state relevant in Africa
By: edited by George Klay Kieh, Jr
Contributors: Kieh, George Klay, 1956-
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9780739108925
Subjects: Democracy -- Africa; Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-; Africa -- Social conditions -- 1960-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-279) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the terminally ill berlinst state / George Klay Kieh, Jr.; title: Making the state relevant : theoretical models / George Klay Kieh, Jr.; title: The political economy of the African state / Pita Ogaba Agbese; title: Making the state relevant in Burundi / Leonce Ndikumana; title: Making the state relevant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo / Musifiky Mwanasali; title: State-building in Ethiopia / Kidane Mengisteab; title: The state, its reform, and the question of legitimacy in Kenya / Godwin Murunga; title: Nigeria : challenges to the state and ways of breaking through the quagmire / Toure Kazah-Toure; title: The disintegration and restoration of state authority in Sierra Leone / Hashim Gibrill; title: Somalia : state failure, state collapse, and the possibilities for state reconstitution / Alice B. Hashim; title: Making the state relevant in South Africa / Owen Sichone; title: Making the state relevant : the politics of state reconstruction in Uganda / Paul Omach; title: Creating a relevant state in Africa : the lessons / George Klay Kieh, Jr