The Rise and Decline of the Zairian StateZaire, 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? |
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Contents
| 3 | |
| 47 | |
| 78 | |
Class Formation | 100 |
5 The Ethnic Dimension of Civil Society | 138 |
6 The Patrimonial State and Personal Rule | 164 |
Party and Ideology | 185 |
8 Regional Administration | 221 |
The Security Forces | 248 |
10 Economic Policy during the Mobutu Years | 276 |
Anatomy of a Disaster | 326 |
12 Zaire in the International Arena | 363 |
Crisis of the Zairian State | 396 |
Notes | 409 |
Index | 469 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Rise and Decline of the Zairian State UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.: History |
| Authors | Crawford Young, Thomas Edwin Turner |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University of Wisconsin Pres, 1985 |
| ISBN | 0299101134, 9780299101138 |
| Length | 522 pages |
| Subjects | › › Biography & Autobiography / Political History / Africa / Central History / General Political Science / General Political Science / International Relations / General Political Science / World / African Social Science / Sociology / General |
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