Reconstituting the State in Africa

PART I: BACKGROUND Introduction: Democratizing States and Sate Reconstitution in Africa; P.O.Agbese & G. Klay Kieh, Jr. PART II: CASE STUDIES Statecraft in Botswana: Renegotiating Development, Legitimacy, and Authority; O.Selolwane The State in Cote d'Ivoire: Evolution and Constraints; B.N'Diaye Re-Inventing and Rebuilding the Ghanaian State: Towards a New Triumphalism?; E.Kwesi-Aning Reflections on The State In Kenya; A.Naguku-Ayuk Reconfiguring and Re-inventing State-Society Relations in Mauritius; S.Bunwaree The Imperatives of Reconstructing the State in Nigeria: The Politics of Power, Welfare, and Imperialism in the New Millennium; S.Alubo The Post-Apartheid State in South; V.Maloka Part III: PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE State Renewal in Africa: The Lessons; P.O.Agbese & George Klay Kieh, Jr.