The purpose of this article is to evaluate the implementation of a Singaporeanmodelled
developmental state approach in Rwanda in order to offer lessons and recommendations …

In the research on explaining public goods provision, political competition is usually linked
with public goods provision and it is believed that political competition will have a positive or …

Max Weber's definition of the state is steadily considered as a theoretical key-tool for
analyzing and assessing statehood and state legitimacy. At the same time, as it is well …

This study examined failed states in the Central Africa region because the governance of
many French-speaking countries in the sub-region is currently experiencing political …

This study examines how factors such as a fragile/failed state and religiously motivated
terrorism are related. In the introduction of the study, the focus is on the definition of the …

A close reading of African fiction reveals that there is a substantial body of city writing in
Africa. However, critical materials on the city as a subject of its own in the African novel are …

This study investigates the nexus between the proliferation of Small Arms & Light Weapons
(SALWs) and terrorism with focus on Boko Haram's activities in Nigeria. SALWs are …

This paper centres on the issue of terminology connected with the designation of states,
which are going through a process of decline or complete failure. The decline of states has …