Coping with Crisis in African States

Media type: E-Book

Title: Coping with Crisis in African States

Contains: Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
1 Crisis, Vulnerability, and Response in Africa
2 Diagnosing and Managing State Crises
3 Algeria: Between Co-optation and Repression
4 Angola: A Rude Awakening
5 The Democratic Republic of Congo: The Politics of Perpetual Crisis
6 Ghana: Shocks and Adaptation
7 Kenya: The Challenges of Democratic State Making
8 Nigeria: Cycles of Crisis, Sources of Resilience
9 South Africa: A Disaster that Refuses to Happen
10 Crisis Management for Strengthening the State
List of Acronyms
Bibliography
The Contributors
Index
About the Book

Contributor: Englebert, Pierre [Contributor]; Fowkes, David [Contributor]; Harbeson, John W. [Contributor]; Harbeson, John W. [Editor]; Lewis, Peter M. [Contributor]; Lewis, Peter M. [Editor]; Lowi, Miriam R. [Contributor]; Moreira, Susana [Contributor]; Nuamah, Kwaku A. [Contributor]

Published: Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]

Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (235 p.)

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781626374393

ISBN: 9781626374393

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Keywords: Crisis management in government Africa Case studies ; Political stability Africa Case studies ; POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African

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Footnote: In English

Description: The authors explore the sources of variation across African states in terms of both the susceptibility to major political and social crises and the capacity to respond to those crises effectively

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