Beyond State Failure and Collapse

George Klay Kieh, Jr. is professor of political science & African studies at Grand Valley State University.

• Part 1 BackgroundChapter 2 Introduction: The Terminally Ill Berlinist StateChapter 3 Making the State Relevant: Theoretical ModelsChapter 4 A Political Economy of the African StatePart 5 Case StudiesChapter 6 Making the State Relevant in BurundiChapter 7 Making the State Relevant in the Democratic Republic of the CongoChapter 8 State-Building in EthiopiaChapter 9 The State, Its Reform, and the Question of Legitimacy in KenyaChapter 10 Nigeria: Challenges to the State and the Way of Breaking Through the QuagmireChapter 11 State Disintegration and the Restoration of Legitimate Authority in Sierra LeoneChapter 12 Somalia: State Failure, Collapse, and the Possibilities of State ReconstitutionChapter 13 Making the State Relevant in South AfricaChapter 14 Making the State Relevant: The Politics of State Reconstruction in UgandaPart 15 Future ProspectsChapter 16 Creating a Relevant State in Africa: The Lessons