Editorial
Editorial
Democracy and development
Barry Munslow & A.B. Zack‐Williams
Original Articles
The crisis of the nation‐state in Africa
Basil Davidson & Barry Munslow
Sierra Leone: crisis and despair
A.B. Zack‐Williams
The effects of structural adjustment in Kandjadja, Guinea‐Bissau
Lars Rudebeck
Liberalisation is not enough: structural adjustment and peasants in Guinea‐Bissau
Rosemary E. Galli
Briefings
Elections in Algeria
David Seddon
Miscellany
Class alliance and class fractions in Ghanaian trading and state formation
Gracia Clark
Namibian reconstruction and national reconciliation: putting the horse before the cart
Jeffrey Balch & Jan Nico Scholten
Debates
Democracy and civil society in South Africa: a response to Daryl Glaser
Patrick Fitzgerald
Book Reviews
Reviews
A.B. Zack‐Williams & David Simon
Miscellany
Books received
Books from ROAPE
Editorial working group