Charles Tilly's seminal work is known for changing the paradigm of state formation to centre
the role of war, coercion, and organised violence in governance and political order. This …

" Political leaders took centre stage in African politics and development processes since
countries in the region gained independence in the 1960s. Their rising prominence in the …

Why is it that ruling parties with origins as rebel movements fighting against perceived
injustices and exclusion often abandon the ideas and visions of state transformation that …

Small island states are much more likely to have democratic regimes than large continental
states. This trend also holds across Africa, where the five island states with populations of …

“War made the state, and the state made war” is Charles Tilly's famous dictum that has
become highly influential both in comparative macrosociology and in International …

While many researchers have investigated the structural causative factors of ethnic conflict
in Ghana, elite mobilisation as a cause of ethnic conflict in Ghana has received less …

Illegal economies have received substantial attention in conflict studies over the past
decades. Often, this attention is linked to economicist paradigms, rendering invisible the …

Support for democracy, human rights, and good governance reforms in Africa has become a
prominent objective in engagement by European Union (EU) institutions, EU member states …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to estimate the effect the five different generations and
the key financial inclusion indicators of gender, education and location (rural–urban) in …

This chapter provides a contextual analysis of the key issues and current trends in Africa vis-
à-vis corruption and sustainable development, the resultant challenges for security, and the …