TY - BOOK AU - Kieh,George Klay TI - Beyond state failure and collapse: making the state relevant in Africa SN - 9780739108925 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - JQ1875 .B48 2007 U1 - 320.1096 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Lanham, MD PB - Lexington Books KW - Democracy KW - Africa KW - Politics and government KW - 1960- KW - Social conditions N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-279) and index; Introduction : the terminally ill Berlinist state / George Klay Kieh, Jr. -- Making the state relevant : theoretical models / George Klay Kieh, Jr. -- The political economy of the African state / Pita Ogaba Agbese -- Making the state relevant in Burundi / Leonce Ndikumana -- Making the state relevant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo / Musifiky Mwanasali -- State-building in Ethiopia / Kidane Mengisteab -- The state, its reform, and the question of legitimacy in Kenya / Godwin Murunga -- Nigeria : challenges to the state and ways of breaking through the quagmire / Toure Kazah-Toure -- The disintegration and restoration of state authority in Sierra Leone / Hashim Gibrill -- Somalia : state failure, state collapse, and the possibilities for state reconstitution / Alice B. Hashim -- Making the state relevant in South Africa / Owen Sichone -- Making the state relevant : the politics of state reconstruction in Uganda / Paul Omach -- Creating a relevant state in Africa : the lessons / George Klay Kieh, Jr UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip072/2006032212.html ER -