Preface Dynamics of State Formation and Collapse, Past and Present: Introduction Globalization and the State: Reconfiguring the Connections The African State in Academic Debate: Shifting Perspectives 'Good Governance': The Metamorphoses of a Policy Metaphor Of State Collapse and Fresh Starts: Some Critical Reflections Linking the Future to the Past: Ethnicity, Reforms and Pluralism State and Identity in Europe and India: Comparative Dynamics When is a State a State?: Exploring Puntland, Somalia Conclusions: Whither the State? Bibliography Index
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