The Rise and Decline of the Zairian State
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The Rise and Decline of the Zairian State

  1. 522 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The Rise and Decline of the Zairian State

About this book

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?

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Illustrations and Figures
  3. Maps
  4. Tables
  5. Preface
  6. Acronyms
  7. 1. The State in Zaire: An Introductory Perspective
  8. 2. Zaire in the Mobutu Years: An Overview, 1965–1980
  9. 3. The State and Civil Society: Capital, Town, and Countryside
  10. 4. The Dynamics of Inequality: Class Formation
  11. 5. The Ethnic Dimension of Civil Society
  12. 6. The Patrimonial State and Personal Rule
  13. 7. In Pursuit of Legitimacy: Party and Ideology
  14. 8. Regional Administration
  15. 9. The Seventh Scourge: The Security Forces
  16. 10. Economic Policy during the Mobutu Years
  17. 11. Zairianization and Radicalization: Anatomy of a Disaster
  18. 12. Zaire in the International Arena
  19. 13. Conclusion: Crisis of the Zairian State
  20. Notes
  21. Index