Beyond State Crisis?: Post-Colonial Africa And Post-Soviet Eurasia In Comparative Perspective; Author: Other Beissinger, Mark R.; Paperback

Author: Other Beissinger, Mark R.
Paperback
504 pages
Published: May 2002
The Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 193036508X

This book compares sub-Saharan Africa and the former Soviet Union, two regions beset by the breakdown of states suffering from extreme official corruption, organized crime extending into warlordism, and the disintegration of economic institutions and public institutions for human services. The contributors not only study state breakdown but also compare the consequences of post-communism with those of post-colonialism.compares sub-Saharan Africa and the former Soviet Union - two regions beset by the breakdown of states suffering from extreme official corruption, organized crime and the disintegration of human services. The contributors study state breakdown and compare post-communism with post-colonialism.