Add to ORKGThis paper examines the phenomenon of citizen's disengagement from the state in Africa in the post-colonial era. The paper observes that the declining capacity of the state for social provisioning provides the context for citizens' withdrawal from the public space occupied by the state
The Nigerian state today is nothing more than a rentier state whose neo-colonial capitalistmode and...
Accelerated processes of globalisation – in the form of structural adjustment plans and of democrati...
The notion of 'failed states' has gained widespread currency in political and academic discourse. Th...
The post-colonial state in Africa has continued to dominate the public space on the continent in spi...
The post-colonial state in Africa has continued to dominate the public space on the continent in spi...
I would like to thank the Centre for Security and Defence Studies for its financial support. The dra...
Advocates of democracy and democratically-governed societies believe that a country’s state of devel...
African Studies Seminar series. Paper presented 19 August 1996Post colonial southern African states ...
The post-colonial African state has long been viewed as a major culprit in Africa’s socioeconomic cr...
This article evaluates the transformational role of the African Union (AU) in enhancing state-buildi...
It is a commonplace to say that the state has generally failed in post-colonial Africa, or at least ...
In the aftermath of 9/11, the problem of state ‘collapse’ and ‘failure’ appears again on the agenda ...
This article, which forms the introduction to a collection of studies, focuses on processes of state...
This article engages the debate on state legitimacy and fragility in Africa. It analyses the histori...
This paper attempted a critical review of the governance crisis theory in Nigeria. It discusses issu...
The Nigerian state today is nothing more than a rentier state whose neo-colonial capitalistmode and...
Accelerated processes of globalisation – in the form of structural adjustment plans and of democrati...
The notion of 'failed states' has gained widespread currency in political and academic discourse. Th...
The post-colonial state in Africa has continued to dominate the public space on the continent in spi...
The post-colonial state in Africa has continued to dominate the public space on the continent in spi...
I would like to thank the Centre for Security and Defence Studies for its financial support. The dra...
Advocates of democracy and democratically-governed societies believe that a country’s state of devel...
African Studies Seminar series. Paper presented 19 August 1996Post colonial southern African states ...
The post-colonial African state has long been viewed as a major culprit in Africa’s socioeconomic cr...
This article evaluates the transformational role of the African Union (AU) in enhancing state-buildi...
It is a commonplace to say that the state has generally failed in post-colonial Africa, or at least ...
In the aftermath of 9/11, the problem of state ‘collapse’ and ‘failure’ appears again on the agenda ...
This article, which forms the introduction to a collection of studies, focuses on processes of state...
This article engages the debate on state legitimacy and fragility in Africa. It analyses the histori...
This paper attempted a critical review of the governance crisis theory in Nigeria. It discusses issu...
The Nigerian state today is nothing more than a rentier state whose neo-colonial capitalistmode and...
Accelerated processes of globalisation – in the form of structural adjustment plans and of democrati...
The notion of 'failed states' has gained widespread currency in political and academic discourse. Th...