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Title: | Conflict, mediation, and the African State: how foreign support and democracy lead to strong political order |
Author: | Glawion, Tim |
Year: | 2013 |
Periodical: | African security (ISSN 1939-2206) |
Volume: | 6 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 38-66 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Africa |
Subjects: | State collapse State formation conflict war democracy |
External link: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19392206.2013.759476 |
Abstract: | Anarchy and war reigning throughout Africa threaten to bring about a 'failed' continent. This article, on the contrary, argues that to understand the evolution of African state systems, political order should be defined as a conflict mediation institution and process. Through a quantitative analysis, this paper challenges Charles Tilly's notion that interstate war helps build states and challenges the idea that foreign support retards state building. Democracy, and a complex three-dimensional relationship between intrastate war, political order, and foreign support, on the other hand, can have a positive impact on state strength. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] |