Failed and Failing States: The Challenges to African Reconstruction

by Ndulo Muna Grieco Margaret

State collapse is one of the major threats to peace, stability, and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa today. In a collapsed state the regime finally wears out its ability to satisfy the demands of the various groups in society; it fails to govern or to keep the state together. The collapse is marked by the loss of control over political and economic space. A collapsed state can no longer perform its basic security and development functions and has no effective control over its territ...

229 pages, Unknown Binding

First published May 14, 2014