02120nam a2200397 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020001800112020002700130040002100157035002100178043001200199050002700211082001700238100003700255245023500292260003500527300002400562500017500586504004100761505040800802533015201210650002901362650002701391650001601418651004301434651002901477651002701506655002901533710001701562856012601579999001701705ebr10722885CaPaEBRm     o  u        cr cn|||||||||130312s2013    nyua    sb    000 0 eng d  z  2013010036  z9783631629338  z9783653033502 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)848920092  af------14aJQ1875.A35bA54 2013eb04a321.00962231 aAlemazung, Joy Asongazoh,d1975-10aState constitutions and governments without essence in post-independence Africah[electronic resource] :bgovernance along a failure-success continuum with illustrations from Benin, Cameroon and the DRC /cJoy Asongazoh Alemazung.  aNew York :bPeter Lang,c2013.  axix, 268 p. :bill.  aOriginally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universit�at Kiel, 2009, under the title: State constitution, political transformation and governance in Africa.  aIncludes bibliographical references.0 aIntroduction : 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aSocial contractzAfrica. 0aFailed stateszAfrica. 0aState, The. 0aAfricaxPolitics and governmenty1960- 0aAfricaxEconomic policy. 0aAfricaxSocial policy. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10722885zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c39447d39447