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Beyond state failure and collapse : making the state relevant in Africa

x, 293 p. ; 24 cm 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 …