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When Things Fell Apart: State Failure in Late-Century Africa (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics) (1st Edition) by Robert H. Bates Paperback, 218 Pages, Published 2008 ISBN-10: 0-521-71525-3 / 0521715253 ISBN-13: 978-0-521-71525-6 / 9780521715256 In the later decades of the 20th century, Africa plunged into political chaos. States failed, governments became predators, and citizens took up arms. In When Things Fell Apart, Robert H. Bates advances an explanation of state failure in Africa. In so doing, he not only plumbs the depths of the cont |