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UNINA9910808101003321 |
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Young Crawford <1931-> |
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The rise and decline of the Zairian state / / Crawford Young, Thomas Turner |
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Madison, Wis. : , : University of Wisconsin Press, , 1985 |
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0-299-10113-4 |
1-283-99102-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xix, 500 pages) : illustrations, map |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Soggetti |
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Congo (Democratic Republic) Politics and government 1960-1997 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Spine title: The rise & decline of the Zairian state. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The state in Zaire : an introductory perspective Zaire in the Mobutu years : an overview, 1965-1980 The state and civil society : capital, town, and countryside The dynamics of inequality : class formation The ethnic dimension of civil society The patrimonial state and personal rule In pursuit of legitimacy : party and ideology Regional administration The seventh scourge : the security forces Economic policy during the Mobutu years Zairianization and radicalization : anatomy of a disaster Zaire in the international arena Conclusion : crisis of the Zairian state |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Zaire, apparently strong and stable under President 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 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? The authors examine the political history of Mobutu's Zaire, looking at critical structures and patterns of societal flux, inequality, and cleavage, in particular the urban-rural nexus, the problematic of class formation, and the fluid patterns of cultural pluralism. |
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