State Legitimacy and Development in Africa

List of Tables and Figures ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1(16) PART 1 STATE CAPACITY AND DEVELOPMENT The Developmental Capacity of States 17(24) The Paradox of African State Capacity 41(14) PART 2 EXPLAINING AFRICA'S CAPACITY CRISIS Do Social Capital and Ethnic Homogeneity Really Matter? 55(16) State Legitimacy and Developmental Capacity 71(54) PART 3 CONFRONTING THE EVIDENCE Accounting for Africa's Development Crisis 125(26) Success and Failure Among African States 151(22) Conclusion: The African State in Transition 173(22) Appendix 1: Notes on Methodology, Definitions, and Data Sources 195(12) Appendix 2: Descriptive Statistics 207(4) Bibliography 211(22) Index 233(11) About the Book 244