State Fragility and Resilience in sub-Saharan Africa

Name: State Fragility and Resilience in sub-Saharan Africa
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

State Fragility and Resilience in sub-Saharan AfricaIndicators and Interventions\nAuthor(s): John Idriss Lahai, Isaac Koomson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367410797, 978-0367410797\nSynopsis\nThis book focuses on the indicators of fragility and the resilience of state-led interventions to address them in sub-Saharan Africa. It analyzes the figure of fragile states as the unit the analysis and situates the study of fragility, governance and political adaptation within contemporary global and local political, economic and socio-cultural contexts.\n\nThe chapters offer an indispensable, econometrically informed guide to better understanding issues that have an impact on fragility in governance and nation-building and affect policy-making and program design targeting institutions in various circumstances. These issues, as they relate to the indicators of fragility, are the contexts and correlates of armed conflic.