TY  - BOOK
AU  - Englebert,Pierre
TI  - Africa: unity, sovereignty, and sorrow 
SN  - 9781588266460
AV  - JQ1875 .E57 2009
U1  - 320.967 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Boulder, Colo.
PB  - Lynne Rienner Publishers
KW  - Legitimacy of governments
KW  - Africa, Sub-Saharan
KW  - Sovereignty
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Evolution politique
KW  - eclas
KW  - Etat
KW  - Souverainet�e
KW  - L�egitimit�e
KW  - Partition d'Etats
KW  - fast
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Politieke situatie
KW  - gtt
KW  - Staten
KW  - Soevereiniteit
KW  - Staat
KW  - gnd
KW  - Legitimation
KW  - Souver�anit�at
KW  - swd
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Afrique subsaharienne
KW  - Afrika
KW  - Subsaharisches Afrika
KW  - Schwarzafrika
KW  - politik och f�orvaltning
KW  - sao
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-282) and index; The resilience of the African state -- The puzzle of territorial integrity -- The enduring authority of weak states -- The domestic currency of international sovereignty -- The calculus of compliance -- Separatist illusions and sovereignty variations -- The politics of unity and estrangement -- Sovereignty's shackles -- Rational policy fantasies
N2  - "Articulates the manner in which international sovereignty is translated into domestic legal command. Combining theory, cross-national quantitative methods, and case studies, this book reveals a pattern of reproduction of a predatory, dysfunctional state in which human integrity is sacrificed to its territorial counterpart. Though the demise of one or another African state has been heralded for nearly five decades, the map of the continent remains virtually unchanged. By and large, these states are judged failures. And yet they endure. Pierre Englebert asks: why do these oppressive and exploitative, yet otherwise ineffective, structures remain broadly unchallenged? Why do Africans themselves, who have received little in the way of security, basic welfare, or development, continue to embrace their states and display surprising levels of nationalist fervor? He finds his answer in the benefits that sovereign weak states offer to Africa's regional and national elites - and to those who depend on them. Englebert carefully articulates the manner in which international sovereignty is translated into domestic legal command - and the sorrow that ensues. He also offers some corrective 'policy fantasies'. Effectively combining theory, cross-national quantitative methods, and case studies, his book reveals a pattern of reproduction of a predatory, dysfunctional state in which human integrity is sacrificed to its territorial counterpart."--Www.word-power.co.uk (Nov. 4, 2010)
ER  -