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Africa and the diaspora: history, politics, culture

Introduction: the legacies of Crawford Young / Scott Straus and Aili Mari Tripp

Part I. The colonial and postcolonial state in Africa. State development in contemporary Africa / William Reno

Third wave democracy and the state in Sub-Saharan Africa / John W. Harbeson

The colonial legacy of policing as state building / Kaden Paulson-Smith

Part II. Rethinking the politics of identity. Rethinking the politics of identity / Rachel Betty Riedl

Sectarian identity formation and the future of the African postcolonial state: lessons from Nigeria / Dauda Abubakar

The politics of identity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: the enduring power of Crawford Young's analysis and its limits / Timothy Longman

Ethnicity, interests, and class in Tanzania: constructing explanations / Joel Samoff

State construction, ethnicity, and social status: the bifurcated trajectories of Haalpulaaren in the Mauritania-Senegal borderland / Cédric Jourde

Crawford Young's cultural politics analytic paradigm applied to Ukraine-Russia / Joshua B. Forrest

Part III. Women, gender, and politics. Women do everything except politics: gender quota in a postconflict society / Ladan Affi

Territorial nationalism, cultural pluralism, and women's peace mobilization in Cameroon / Melinda J. Adams

"Who will open the door?" Women in parliament and cabinet in Ghana / Gretchen Bauer and Akosua K. Darkwah

Afterword / Edmond J. Keller.

Ethnicity > Political aspects > Africa.

Women > Political activity > Africa.

Africa > Politics and government > 1960-