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Title Coping with crisis in African states / edited by Peter M. Lewis and John W. Harbeson
Published Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2016

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Description 1 online resource
Series SAIS African Studies Library
SAIS African Studies Library
Contents Crisis, vulnerability, and response in Africa / Peter M. Lewis and John W. Harbeson -- Diagnosing and managing state crises / Peter M. Lewis and John W. Harbeson -- Algeria : between cooptation and repression / Miriam R. Lowi -- Angola : a rude awakening / Susana Moreira -- The Democratic Republic of Congo : the politics of perpetual crisis / Pierre Englebert -- Ghana : shocks and adaptation / Kwaku A. Nuamah -- Kenya : the challenges of democratic state making / John W. Harbeson -- Nigeria : cycles of crisis, sources of resilience / Peter M. Lewis -- South Africa : a disaster that refuses to happen / David Fowkes -- Crisis management for strengthening the state / John W. Harbeson & Peter M. Lewis
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Crisis management in government -- Africa -- Case studies
Political stability -- Africa -- Case studies
HISTORY -- Africa -- General.
Crisis management in government
Political stability
Africa
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Lewis, Peter, 1957- editor.
Harbeson, John W. (John Willis), 1938- editor.
ISBN 9781626374393
1626374392