The State, Ethnicity, and Gender in Africa

Scott Straus, professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley, is a founding editor of the University of Wisconsin Press's Critical Human Rights series. His books include Making and Unmaking Nations: War, Leadership, and Genocide in Modern Africa. Aili Mari Tripp, professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is a founding editor of the University of Wisconsin Press's Women and Gender in Africa series. Her books include Women and Power in Postconflict Africa.

Acknowledgments Prologue Linda Thomas-Greenfield Introduction: The Legacies of Crawford Young Scott Straus and Aili Mari Tripp Part I. The Colonial and Postcolonial State in Africa 1 State Development in Contemporary Africa William Reno 2 Third-Wave Democracy and the State in Sub-Saharan Africa John W. Harbeson 3 The Colonial Legacy of Policing as State Building Kaden Paulson-Smith Part II. Rethinking the Politics of Identity 4 Rethinking the Politics of Identity Rachel Betty Riedl 5 Sectarian Identity Formation and the Future of the African Postcolonial State: Lessons from Nigeria Dauda Abubakar 6 The Politics of Identity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: The Enduring Power of Crawford Young's Analysis and Its Limits Timothy Longman 7 Ethnicity, Interests, and Class in Tanzania: Constructing Explanations Joel Samoff 8 State Construction, Ethnicity, and Social Status: The Bifurcated Trajectories of Haalpulaaren in the Mauritania-Senegal Borderland CEdric Jourde 9 Crawford Young's Cultural Politics Analytic Paradigm Applied to Ukraine-Russia Joshua B. Forrest Part II. Women, Gender, and Politics 10 Women Do Everything except Politics: Gender Quota in a Postconflict Society Ladan Affi 11 Territorial Nationalism, Cultural Pluralism, and Women's Peace Mobilization in Cameroon Melinda J. Adams 12 "Who Will Open the Door?" Women in Parliament and Cabinet in Ghana Gretchen Bauer and Akosua K. Darkwah Afterword Edmond J. Keller Contributors Index

"More than a book of celebration. The chapters are original, innovative, and speak to the recurring realities of Africa's challenges and triumphs. The whole recognizes and extends Young's towering intellectual contributions and approach to African politics."-Toyin Falola, author of Decolonizing African Studies: Knowledge Production, Agency, and Voice