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Stephen Ellis

Essay
Sep/Oct
2005
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Stephen Ellis

Past attempts to fix failed states in Africa have gone nowhere for similar reasons: they have tried to restore good governance to places that have never enjoyed it in the first place. A radical rethinking is needed; in the hardest cases, international trusteeships offer the best chance for success.
Capsule Review
Jan/Feb
2005
Worlds of Power: Religious Thought and Political Practice in Africa; Ghana's New Christianity: Pentecostalism in a Globalising African Economy
Nicolas van de Walle
Capsule Review
Jul/Aug
2000
The Mask of Anarchy: The Destruction of Liberia and the Religious Dimension of an African Civil War
Gail M. Gerhart
Capsule Review
Sep/Oct
1999
The Criminalization of the State in Africa
Gail M. Gerhart
Capsule Review
Fall
1992
Comrades Against Apartheid: The Anc And The Communist Party In Exile
Gail M. Gerhart
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In the Magazine

November/December 2009 / 6, 88
Essay
In the Quicksands of Somalia
Bronwyn Bruton

Washington's repeated attempts to bring peace to Somalia with state-building initiatives have failed, even backfired. It should renounce political intervention and encourage local development without trying to improve governance.
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