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Conventional wisdom warns that unaccountable political and business agents can enrich a few at the expense of many. This title intends to find statistical evidence and case study illustrations that democratic institutions at various governance levels have facilitated opportunistic gains for electoral, consumer, and shareholder principals

Title Page -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Table of Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- CONTENDING EXPLANATIONS OF STATE WEAKNESS AND COLLAPSE IN AFRICA -- THE CONTEXT OF GOVERNANCE, DEVELOPMENT AND STATE FORMATION IN PRECOLONIAL AFRICA -- NON-DEVELOPMENTAL GOVERNANCE AND STATE COLLAPSE IN AFRICA -- THE CONTEXT AND DYNAMICS OF THE CONFLICTS IN WEST AFRICA -- STATE COLLAPSE AND CIVIL WAR IN LIBERIA -- STATE COLLAPSE AND CIVIL WAR IN SIERRA LEONE -- STATE FAILURE AND CIVIL WAR IN GUINEA-BISSAU AND CAPE VERDE -- STATE COLLAPSE AND CIVIL WAR IN IVORY COAST -- GUINEA: A FAILING STATE -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.

Focusing on transformation at the federal, state, and local levels, this book reflects the changes that are currently taking place in government and nonprofit organizations. Processes such as strategic management, enterprise architecture, information and communications technology, and enterprise transformation are enabling agencies from both the public sector and the private sector to become cost-effective, performance-oriented learning organizations. Aimed at present and future administrators of public organizations, this resource includes a field-tested survey for diagnosing disequilibrium i

The author presents a new approach to the study of language policy, by focusing on language policy formation and implementation as a dynamic, conflict-laden process involving the interaction of various actors with different motivations and uneven bargaining powers, rather than as a product, examinable post hoc from existing language legislation