Contributors to this volume highlight the failure and socio-economic and political problems of post-colonial African state and make constructive and convincing

Various arguments have been proffered to explain the dynamics of African state failure and collapse. However, the literature on state reconstitution is inchoate

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 democratical

The global movement toward democracy, spurred in part by the ending of the cold war, has created opportunities for democratization not only in Europe and the fo

This volume explores the important dimensions of state formation and erosion, social conflict, and the gains and setbacks of democratization in contemporary Afr