.... It determines the conditions under which the provision of security and the creation of wealth become rational political acts. The article also discusses stateless societies, societies with states, state failure, and the development of the state. Colson E Evans P Kang D Keohane R political and economic...

...: empires, kingdoms, stateless societies, and chiefdoms with centralised authority. These illustrate certain aspects of a distinctive African constitutional identity in the form of traditional checks and balances. The main contention is that the real tragedy today is not so much the European propagation...

...This chapter examines the history of state-based and stateless societies in Africa, focusing on how local political and economic processes have mediated broader regional and global processes. It considers the factors which distinguish states from stateless societies, evaluates the shifting...