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The Rise and Decline of the Zairian State
Young, Crawford, Turner, Thomas Edwin
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Paperback. Num Pages: 522 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJ; HBJH; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 712.
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 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?
In this broadly researched study, Crawford Young and Thomas Edwin Turner examine the political history of Mobutu’s Zaire, looking at critical structures and patterns of societal flux, inequality, and cleavage, ... Read more
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 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?
In this broadly researched study, Crawford Young and Thomas Edwin Turner examine the political history of Mobutu’s Zaire, looking at critical structures and patterns of societal flux, inequality, and cleavage, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Number of pages
522
Condition
New
Number of Pages
522
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299101145
SKU
V9780299101145
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About Young, Crawford, Turner, Thomas Edwin
Crawford Young was, at the time of publication, Rupert Emerson professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin—Madison. He is also author of The Politics of Cultural Pluralism, published by the University of Wisconsin Press. Thomas Edwin Turner was associate professor of political science at Wheeling College.
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