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The rise and decline of the Zairian state /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Madison, Wis. :
University of Wisconsin Press,
[1985]
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| Colección: | UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. History.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Notas: | Spine title: The rise & decline of the Zairian state. Includes index. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 500 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-468) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780299101138 0299101134 1283991020 9781283991025 |