State failure in sub-Saharan Africa : the crisis of post-colonial order /: the crisis of post-colonial order. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Catherine Scott.
• Authors: Scott, Catherine
• Contents: Introduction: Genealogies of state failure -- A new world in the mourning -- Bringing history back in -- Analytically inducting state failure(s) in Africa -- Part 1. The failings of the failed state 'thesis' -- Introduction -- An elusive concept -- Failure and collapse: siblings or synonyms -- What's in a name? -- Square pegs into round holes -- Whither the failed state? -- Conclusion -- Part 2. The state and its failure in sub-Saharan Africa -- Introduction -- The weak basis of quasi-statehood -- Cold War adventurism and its end -- Sins of omission and commission -- The violent creation of (a new) order -- Conclusion -- Part 3. Burundi: the freezing of a failed kingdom -- Introduction -- Tales of the Barundi and their kingdom -- The scramble for the 'sick man' of Africa -- Belgian Gerrymandering and the fight for the Burundi state -- The anti-revolutionist state -- The shadow of genocide -- A new Burundi or the shadow recast -- Conclusion -- Part 4. Uganda: a foundational failure and post-colonial revival -- Introduction -- From Buganda to Uganda -- Colonial contradiction and the (non- )making of Uganda -- The unravelling of the post-colony -- The post-colony brutalised -- 'It was better under Amin' -- 'Fundamental change' or 'no change' -- Conclusion -- Concluding reflections -- Myths of state failure -- Histories of state failure -- New beginnings and alternative futures.
• Publisher Details: London : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 306 pages)
• Subjects: 320.967; Decolonization -- Africa, Sub-Saharan; Failed states -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- History -- 20th century; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference; Decolonization; Failed states; Politics and government; Africa, Sub-Saharan -- History; Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Politics and government; Africa, Sub-Saharan; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786722102; 1786722100
• Related ISBNs: 1784539651; 9781784539658
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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