Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-295) and index.
Contents
Analytical frameworks of state formation -- History and evolutionary schisms -- Restless federalism :critical arguments on conflict and governance -- The geopolitics of religion : conflated origins of ethnic crsis -- The praetorian orthodoxy : pathways to civic soldiering -- Rentier politics : the confluence of power and economics -- The garrison state : bridging civil-military transitions -- Elections and electioneering : on the democratic deficit -- The Niger Delta : a platform under duress -- Constitutionalism and political development -- Embedding african democracy and development : the imperative of institutional capital.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.