The Księgarnia Akademicka publishing house has released the second issue of the journal “Politeja. The Journal of the Faculty of International and Political Relations Jagiellonian University” devoted to African Studies – “The Problem of Africa’s Dysfunctional States”. The volume was edited by Professor Robert Kłosowicz and consisted of 14 articles written in English by Polish and foreign authors.

It is a truism to say that a great diversity that characterizes the contemporary world also  applies  to  dysfunctional  states.  State  dysfunctionality  depends  on  many  factors,  which  in  the  case  of  African  statehoods  may  be,  for  example,  specific  conditions  for  their  historical  development,  different  in  relation  to  particular  former  European  colonial  powers.  The  state  dysfunctionality  on  the  African  continent  has  many  different  shades,  often  presenting  its  own  specificity  in  particular  regions.  Most  researchers describing the problems of African countries, especially Sub-Saharan ones, point to such factors as the legacy of colonialism, bad governance, tribalism and group conflicts (mainly of ethnic character), economic underdevelopment, corruption or the economy based on natural resources (often referring to the concept of resource curse). However, the problem itself seems to be much more complex and it would be a mistake to tar the entire  region  in  question  with  the  same  brush.  The  presented  volume  was  intended,  among other things, to embrace this diversity depicted in a number of case studies in which the contributors analyze some of the factors leading to state dysfunctionality in Africa, the situation in particular African states or regions, as well as the attempts undertaken to tackle this phenomenon.

-    from the introduction prepared by the editor of the volume Professor Robert Kłosowicz

 
"Politeja. The Journal of the Faculty of International and Political Studies of the Jagiellonian University"
No. 56 (5/2018)
The Problem of Africa's Dysfunctional States
ed. Robert Kłosowicz 
Publisher: Księgarnia Akademicka
Language of the publication: English
Pages: 278
The issue is available in the open access formula: ebook