Title Page -- Table of Content -- ABBREVIATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK -- INSTITUTION BUILDING: STATE BUILDING -- THE SECOND WAR WITH ETHIOPIE: CAUSES AND EXPLANATIONS -- THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE SECOND WAR ON STATE BUILDING -- GENDER AND STATE BUILDING -- DEMOCRATISATION, BUREAUCRATISATION, AND INSTITUTIONALISATION: THE POST LIBERATION ERITREAN STATE -- GENERAL CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- INDEX