Warlord Politics and African States / / William Reno.

The dramatic reconfigurations of political authority taking place in Africa—what many term "warlordism" or "state failure"—call for an exploration of the origins of these changes, the likelihood of their durability, and their implications for the continent's regional system...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]
©1999
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (260 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1 THE DISTINCTIVE POLITICAL LOGIC OF WEAK STATES
  • 2 Africa’s Weakest States After the Cold War
  • 3 The Organization of Warlord Politics in Liberia
  • 4 Sierra Leone’s Transition to Warlord Politics
  • 5 Sovereignty and the Fragmentation of the Democratic Republic of Congo
  • 6 “Reform” and the Rejection of Liberalism in Nigeria
  • 7 Warlords in the Global System of States
  • ACRONYMS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • ABOUT THE BOOK