TY - BOOK AU - Englebert,Pierre AU - Fowkes,David AU - Harbeson,John W. AU - Lewis,Peter M. AU - Lowi,Miriam R. AU - Moreira,Susana AU - Nuamah,Kwaku A. TI - Coping with Crisis in African States T2 - SAIS African Studies Library SN - 9781626374393 AV - JQ1875.A55 C754 2016eb U1 - 960.3/3 23 PY - 2022///] CY - Boulder : PB - Lynne Rienner Publishers, KW - Crisis management in government KW - Africa KW - Case studies KW - Political stability KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; 1 Crisis, Vulnerability, and Response in Africa --; 2 Diagnosing and Managing State Crises --; 3 Algeria: Between Co-optation and Repression --; 4 Angola: A Rude Awakening --; 5 The Democratic Republic of Congo: The Politics of Perpetual Crisis --; 6 Ghana: Shocks and Adaptation --; 7 Kenya: The Challenges of Democratic State Making --; 8 Nigeria: Cycles of Crisis, Sources of Resilience --; 9 South Africa: A Disaster that Refuses to Happen --; 10 Crisis Management for Strengthening the State --; List of Acronyms --; Bibliography --; The Contributors --; Index --; About the Book; restricted access N2 - The authors explore the sources of variation across African states in terms of both the susceptibility to major political and social crises and the capacity to respond to those crises effectively UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781626374393 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781626374393 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781626374393/original ER -