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    <title>State constitutions and governments without essence in post-independence Africa</title>
    <subTitle>governance along a failure-success continuum with illustrations from Benin, Cameroon and the DRC</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Alemazung, Joy Asongazoh</namePart>
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    <publisher>Peter Lang</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2013</dateIssued>
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    <extent>xix, 268 p. : ill.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Introduction : the emergence of failed governments and underdevelopment in Africa -- Social contract theories and the raison d'�etre of governments -- Political transformations since independence : the false start and governance problems -- National and international factors influencing African politics -- Empirical case studies : Benin, Cameroon and DRC -- Conclusions, prospects, and propositions.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Joy Asongazoh Alemazung.</note>
  <note>Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universit�at Kiel, 2009, under the title: State constitution, political transformation and governance in Africa.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references.</note>
  <note>Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.</note>
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    <temporal>1960-</temporal>
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    <geographic>Africa</geographic>
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