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- The Rise and Decline of the Zairian State
- 1985
- Book
- Published by: University of Wisconsin Press
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summary
Zaire, apparently strong and stable under Presdident Mobutu in the early 1970s, was bankrupt and discredited by the end of that decade, beset by hyperinflation and mass corruption, the populace forced into abject poverty. Why and how, in a new african state strategically located in Central Africa and rich in mineral resources, did this happen? How did the Zairian state become a “parasitic predator” upon its own people?
Table of Contents
- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. 2-5
- Illustrations and Figures
- pp. vii-9
- 5. The Ethnic Dimension of Civil Society
- pp. 138-163
- 6. The Patrimonial State and Personal Rule
- pp. 164-184
- 8. Regional Administration
- pp. 221-247
- 9. The Seventh Scourge: The Security Forces
- pp. 248-275
- 10. Economic Policy during the Mobutu Years
- pp. 276-325
- 12. Zaire in the International Arena
- pp. 363-395
- 13. Conclusion: Crisis of the Zairian State
- pp. 396-406
Additional Information
ISBN
9780299101138
Related ISBN
9780299101145
MARC Record
OCLC
827948934
Pages
522
Launched on MUSE
2013-05-20
Language
English
Open Access
No
