03073nam 2200577 a 450 991080810100332120230608165226.00-299-10113-41-283-99102-0(CKB)2550000000996625(OCoLC)827948934(CaPaEBR)ebrary10650677(SSID)ssj0000820358(PQKBManifestationID)11411547(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000820358(PQKBWorkID)10858223(PQKB)10995423(MdBmJHUP)muse19166(Au-PeEL)EBL3445288(CaPaEBR)ebr10650677(CaONFJC)MIL430352(OCoLC)927484305(MiAaPQ)EBC3445288(EXLCZ)99255000000099662519841210d1985 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe rise and decline of the Zairian state /Crawford Young, Thomas TurnerMadison, Wis. :University of Wisconsin Press,1985.1 online resource (xix, 500 pages) illustrations, mapSpine title: The rise & decline of the Zairian state.0-299-10110-X 0-299-10114-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 stateZaire, 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.Rise & decline of the Zairian stateCongo (Democratic Republic)Politics and government1960-1997967.5/103Young Crawford1931-244923Turner Thomas1939-1688444MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808101003321The rise and decline of the Zairian state4062693UNINA