Ethnic Diversity, Liberty and the State: The African Dilemma,

by Mwangi S. Kimenyi (1998)

Ethnic Diversity, Liberty and the State is an insightful study of highly centralized, unitary systems of government and the breakdown of civil society in sub-Saharan Africa. The author argues persuasively that institutional reform involving decentralization and federalism can better accommodate ethnic diversity in the area.

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