| Description |
vii, 303 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
SAIS African studies library (Boulder, Colo.) |
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SAIS African studies library (Boulder, Colo.)
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| Summary |
This work uses 11 African case studies in its exploration of the phenomenon of collapsed states. The writers consider the causes of collapse; symptoms and early warning signs; and how the situation was met. They also assess the strengths and weaknesses of various responses, such as UN action. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-289) ) and index. |
| Contents |
Posing the problem of state collapse / I. William Zartman -- Reconstructing the state of Chad / William J. Foltz -- State collapse and reconstruction in Uganda / Gilbert M. Khadiagala -- Rawlings and the engineering of legitimacy in Ghana / Donald Rothchild -- Somalia : a terrible beauty being born? / Hussein M. Adam -- Liberia : putting the state back together / Martin Lowenkopf -- Heritage of revolution and the struggle for governmental legitimacy in Mozambique / Barry Schutz -- Remaking the Ethiopian state / Edmond Keller -- Collapse of the socialist state : Angola and the Soviet Union / Leonid L. Fituni -- Zaire : collapsed society, surviving state, future polity / Herbert Weiss -- Algeria : reinstating the state or instating a civil society? / Azzedine Layachi -- South Africa : state transition and the management of collapse / Sipho Shezi -- State collapse : the humanitarian challenge to the United Nations / Francis Mading Deng -- Role of foreign intervention in African reconstruction / Ibrahim A. Gambari -- Democratization in collapsed states / Marina Ottaway -- Strongmen, state formation, collapse, and reconstruction in Africa / Njuguna Ng'ethe -- Putting things back together / I. William Zartman. |
| Subject |
Legitimacy of governments -- Africa -- Case studies.
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Political stability -- Africa -- Case studies.
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Authority -- Case studies.
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Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-
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| Added Author |
Zartman, I. William.
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| ISBN |
1555875602 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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1555875181 (alk. paper) |
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