Through a detailed historical investigation of the Voltaic region, the book theorizes the state in transition as the constitutive condition of the African state

The Postcolonial African State in Transition offers a new perspective on a set of fundamental, albeit old questions with salient contemporary resonance: what is

"A highly readable, sweeping, and yet detailed analysis of the African state in all its failures and moments of hope. Crawford Young manages to touch upon all t

The contributors not only study state breakdown but compare the consequences of post-communism with those of post-colonialism.

This book is an examination of post-colonial land reforms across various African states. One of the decisive contradictions of colonialism in Africa was the dis