Englebert argues that differences in economic performance both within Africa and across the developing world can be linked to differences in historical state le
"... refreshing and provocative... a significant addition to existing literature on African politics." -- Stephen Ellis "It opens up a whole new field of invest
This book reassesses performance legitimacy in the context of statebuilding and identifies the paradox between state institution building and state legitimacy b
This study brings Africa into the mainstream of studies of state-formation in agrarian societies. Territorial integration is the challenge: institutional linkag