Reconstituting the State in Africa

Part I. Background

1. Introduction: Democratizing States and State Reconstitution in Africa
Pita Ogaba Agbese, George Klay Kieh

Part II. Case Studies

2. Statecraft in Botswana: Renegotiating Development, Legitimacy, and Authority
Onalenna Doo Selolwane

3. The State in Cote d’Ivoire: Evolution and Constraints
Boubacar N’Diaye

4. Reinventing and Rebuilding the Ghanaian State: Toward a New Triumphalism?
Emmanuel Kwesi-Aning

5. Reflections on the Postcolonial State in Kenya
Anne Nangulu-Ayuku

6. Reconfiguring and Reinventing State-Society Relations in Mauritius
Sheila Bunwaree

7. The Imperative of Reconstructing the State in Nigeria: The Politics of Power, Welfare, and Imperialism in the New Millennium
Sylvester Alubo

8. The Postapartheid State in South Africa
Victoria Maloka

Part III. Prospects for the Future

9. State Renewal in Africa: The Lessons
Pita Ogaba Agbese, George Klay Kieh

Nyckelord: Political Science and International Relations, African Politics, Economic History, Political Science, African History, Social History, Democracy