State, governance and development in Africa

pt. 1. Contemporary statecraft and state engineering. Overview. The state, governance and the political settlement: To walk questioningly and to make the road while walking -- China in Africa: Quo vadis governance? -- Governance, aid and institutional traps -- pt. 2. Government, governance and party systems in Africa. Overview. Changing demographics: Is Kenya's political stability guaranteed? -- Public participation in South Africa: Strengthening state accountability in a dominant party system -- pt. 3. Governance, policy reform and institution-building. Overview. The Somali question and prospects for state-building -- Landscapes of terror: Cityness, routine violence and urban development -- pt. 4. Governance, resource mobilisation and financing. Overview. Mining in Malawi: Another missed opportunity? -- Green economy, realpolitik and resource mobilisation in Rwanda, Mozambique and South Africa.