TY - BOOK AU - edited by Richard Joseph TI - State, conflict, and democracy in Africa SN - 9781555875336 U1 - 320.96STA PY - 1999/// CY - Boulder PB - L. Rienner KW - Democracy--Africa N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 471-510) and index N2 - This volume explores important dimensions of state formation and erosion, social conflict and the gains and setbacks in democratization in contemporary Africa. The results of nearly a decade of research, reflection and collegial interaction, the collection delineates the dominant patterns of political restructuring since the upheavals of the early 1990s ER -