Download or read book Reconstituting the State in Africa written by Pita Ogaba Agbese and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-01-15 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The major focus of the book is an examination of the efforts being made by democratizing states in Africa to reconstitute the postcolonial state, so that it can become relevant to the needs and aspirations of the majority of the peoples of Africa. Using seven democratizing states in Africa as case studies, the book specifically examines three major interrelated issues: the multifaceted crises of state building in Africa; the efforts to democratically reconstitute the postcolonial state in Africa; and the proffering of suggestions to help address the challenges posed by the state reconstitution project.