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Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Tables; Editor and Contributors; Chapter 1 Introduction: Framing the African Condition; Introduction; Dimensions of the African Condition; Background; The Dimensions; The Purposes of the Book; The Theoretical Framework; The Organization of the Book; Conclusion; References; Chapter 2 Non-Governmental Organizations and the African State; Introduction; The Failure of Economic Development in the Sub-Saharan Africa and NGO Growth; Background; The Travails of Economic Development; NGO Growth and the Crisis of State Legitimacy in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Crisis of the StateFilling the Vacuum? NGOs and Development; NGO-state Relations in Sub-Saharan African Countries; The Frameworks; Toward Synthesis; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 Civil Society in Africa: Interrogating the Role of Pentecostal Christianity in Africaâ#x80;#x99;s Democratization and Development Processes; Introduction; The Role of Civil Society in Social, Political, and Economic Development: An Overview; Civil Society in Contemporary Postcolonial African Development; Pentecostalism and the Spread of Democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Empirical Evidence.
Pentecostal Theology and Plural PoliticsCivil Society Discourses in the Context of Pentecostal Christianity, Development and Democratization in Africa; Divergent Trajectories Between Pentecostal and Islamic Revival in Africa: Some Concluding and Critical Observations; References; Chapter 4 The Military, Militarism and State Integrity in Africa; Introduction; Militarism and Irregular Warfare: Conceptual and Theoretical Issues; Coup Propensity in Africa: An Overview; Africaâ#x80;#x99;s Militarism and Propensity for Coups: The External-Historical Factors; The Continuing Revolution of Rising Expectations.
Primordial and Instrumental ForcesThe Three Perspectives: A Synthesis; Escalation from Coup Frequency to Irregular Warfare; Child Participation in Irregular Warfare; Possible Solutions; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5 Ethnic Conflicts in the Great Lakes Region of East Africa; Introduction; Authoritarian Rule and Ethnic Conflicts: A Background; The Travails of Autocracy; The Regional and Global Enablers of Autocracy; The Impact of the Ethnic Conflict in Kenya; The Socioeconomic Dimension; The Other Dimensions; The Concept of Regionalism or Federalism in Kenya; Background.
The Structural Tapestry of Political PowerIssues of Ethnicity in a National Perspective; Background; The Ubiquity of Ethnicity in Power Relations; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6 The African Union and the Conflict in Sudanâ#x80;#x99;s Darfur Region; Introduction; The Context of the Darfur Crises; Historical Development; The Ethno-Communal Frame; Darfur and the African Union; Background; The AUâ#x80;#x99;s Intervention in Darfur; Intersecting Issues in the Darfur Conflict; Weaving the Major Threads of the Darfur Conflict; The Centrality of Politics; Toward Resolution;The Efforts of the International Community.
The Crisis of the StateFilling the Vacuum? NGOs and Development; NGO-state Relations in Sub-Saharan African Countries; The Frameworks; Toward Synthesis; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 Civil Society in Africa: Interrogating the Role of Pentecostal Christianity in Africaâ#x80;#x99;s Democratization and Development Processes; Introduction; The Role of Civil Society in Social, Political, and Economic Development: An Overview; Civil Society in Contemporary Postcolonial African Development; Pentecostalism and the Spread of Democratization in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Empirical Evidence.
Pentecostal Theology and Plural PoliticsCivil Society Discourses in the Context of Pentecostal Christianity, Development and Democratization in Africa; Divergent Trajectories Between Pentecostal and Islamic Revival in Africa: Some Concluding and Critical Observations; References; Chapter 4 The Military, Militarism and State Integrity in Africa; Introduction; Militarism and Irregular Warfare: Conceptual and Theoretical Issues; Coup Propensity in Africa: An Overview; Africaâ#x80;#x99;s Militarism and Propensity for Coups: The External-Historical Factors; The Continuing Revolution of Rising Expectations.
Primordial and Instrumental ForcesThe Three Perspectives: A Synthesis; Escalation from Coup Frequency to Irregular Warfare; Child Participation in Irregular Warfare; Possible Solutions; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5 Ethnic Conflicts in the Great Lakes Region of East Africa; Introduction; Authoritarian Rule and Ethnic Conflicts: A Background; The Travails of Autocracy; The Regional and Global Enablers of Autocracy; The Impact of the Ethnic Conflict in Kenya; The Socioeconomic Dimension; The Other Dimensions; The Concept of Regionalism or Federalism in Kenya; Background.
The Structural Tapestry of Political PowerIssues of Ethnicity in a National Perspective; Background; The Ubiquity of Ethnicity in Power Relations; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6 The African Union and the Conflict in Sudanâ#x80;#x99;s Darfur Region; Introduction; The Context of the Darfur Crises; Historical Development; The Ethno-Communal Frame; Darfur and the African Union; Background; The AUâ#x80;#x99;s Intervention in Darfur; Intersecting Issues in the Darfur Conflict; Weaving the Major Threads of the Darfur Conflict; The Centrality of Politics; Toward Resolution;The Efforts of the International Community.