Dimensions of African Statehood: Everyday Governance and Provision of Public Goods

ISBN-13: 9780367784850 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 138 str.

Randi Solhjell

Opis

This book argues that the way in which we use the concept of "state" in many African countries must involve a deeper engagement of the complex workings of state-society relations, rather than a master narrative of European state formation.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Conceptual framework: dimensions of statehood  3. Introducing Bukavu  4. Managing waste: "the political class does not take care of garbage here"  5. "We need to live, but the leaders are killing us": water and hydroelectricity  6. State persistence: perspectives from the roads 7. Governance, citizenship, and the dimensions of statehood  8. Conclusion 

O autorze

Randi Solhjell is affiliated with the Norwegian Police University College and the Centre for Research on Extremism at the University of Oslo. She was a former senior research fellow associated at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and holds a PhD from the London School of Economics.