Reconstituting the State in Africa
Title | Reconstituting the State in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | G. Kieh |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 2007-02-05 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0230606946 |
Contributors to this volume highlight the failure and socio-economic and political problems of post-colonial African state and make constructive and convincing suggestions of how the problems can be addressed. They do not argue for the scrapping of the state but its reconstitution in ways that will enable it to be people's-oriented.
Reconstructing the Authoritarian State in Africa
Title | Reconstructing the Authoritarian State in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | George Klay Kieh, Jr. |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2013-10-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1135007586 |
This work seeks to examine the nature and dynamics of authoritarianism in Africa and to suggest ways in which the states covered in the book can be democratically reconstituted. In 1990, a wave of euphoria greeted the "third wave of democratization" that swept across the African Continent. The repression-wearied subalterns were hopeful that the "third wave" would have set into motion the process of democratically reconstituting the authoritarian state on the continent. More than two decades thereafter, although some progress has been made, by and large, the authoritarian state remains the dominant construct in the region. Even in some of the countries in which democratic transitions have taken place, the process of democratic consolidation remains an elusive quest as these states are sandwiched between authoritarianism and democracy. Against this background, the purpose of this book is to examine the travails of the authoritarian state in Africa, including the Herculean task to democratically reconstruct it. In order to do this, six of Africa’s perennial authoritarian states—Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Liberia, Rwanda and Uganda—are used as the case studies. The book has two major objectives. First, the various chapters probe the nature and dynamics of authoritarianism in Africa. Second, the chapters suggest ways in which the various authoritarian states covered in the book can be democratically reconstituted.
Beyond State Failure and Collapse
Title | Beyond State Failure and Collapse PDF eBook |
Author | George Klay Kieh |
Publisher | Lexington Books |
Pages | 310 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780739108925 |
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.
The State in Africa
Title | The State in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | George Klay Kieh |
Publisher | |
Pages | 298 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Africa |
ISBN |
State Legitimacy and Development in Africa
Title | State Legitimacy and Development in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Pierre Englebert |
Publisher | Lynne Rienner Publishers |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9781588261311 |
Englebert argues that differences in economic performance both within Africa and across the developing world can be linked to differences in historical state legitimacy.
The African State in a Changing Global Context
Title | The African State in a Changing Global Context PDF eBook |
Author | István Tarrósy |
Publisher | LIT Verlag Münster |
Pages | 217 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 364311060X |
During the first 25 years of independence, the African state was largely driven from within by the ambition to establish political order in a world where national sovereignty over issues of development was not in question. The theme of this book is that more is at stake today than in the past.
The Precarious Balance
Title | The Precarious Balance PDF eBook |
Author | Donald Rothchild |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 373 |
Release | 2019-06-26 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1000304949 |
Since independence, the political institutions of many African states have undergone a process of consolidation and subsequent deterioration. Constrained by external economic dependency and an acute scarcity of economic and technical resources, state officials have demonstrated a diminished capacity to regulate their societies. Public policies are agreed upon but ineffectively implemented by the weak institutions of the state. Although scholars have analyzed the various facets of state-building in detail, little systematic attention has been given to the issue of the decline of the state and mechanisms to cope with state ineffectiveness in Africa. This book focuses especially on the character of the postcolonial state in Africa, the nature of and reasons for state deterioration, and the mechanisms and policies for coping with state malfunction. Scholars from Africa, the United States, Europe, and the Middle East combine a broad understanding of African political processes with expertise on specific regions. Their analytic and comparative perspective provides a comprehensive and timely treatment of this vital and heretofore neglected theme in African politics.