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List of Tables / ix Preface / xi Glossary and Acronyms / xv Part One Setting the Frame 1 A Half Century of African Independence: Three Cycles of Hope and Disappointment / 3 2 In Search of the African State / 32 Part Two Itineraries: Three Cycles of Hope and Disappointment 3 Decolonization, the Independence Settlement, and Colonial Legacy / 87 4 The Road to Autocracy: Breakdown of the Decolonization Settlements / 122 5 Anatomy of State Crisis / 158 6 Democratization and Its Limits / 194 Part Three Themes and Conclusions 7 Morphology of Violent Civil Conflict / 227 8 Africanism, Nationalism, and Ethnicity: The Ambiguous Triple Helix of Identity / 291 9 The African Postcolonial State: Concluding Reflections / 334 Notes / 375 Index / 435 Contents ...

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