Africa works : disorder as political instrument
by
 
Chabal, Patrick, 1951-2014.

Title
Africa works : disorder as political instrument

Author
Chabal, Patrick, 1951-2014.

ISBN
9780253335258
 
9780253212870
 
9780852558195
 
9780852558140

Personal Author
Chabal, Patrick, 1951-2014.

Publication Information
[London] : International African Institute in association with James Currey, Oxford ; Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1999.

Physical Description
xxi, 170 p. ; 23 cm.

Series
African issues
 
African issues (International African Institute)

Contents
Introduction: The Question of Analysis -- I. The Informalization of Politics. 1. W(h)ither the State? 2. The Illusions of Civil Society. 3. Recycled Elites -- II. The 'Re-traditionalization' of Society. 4. Of Masks & Men: the Question of Identity. 5. The Taming of the Irrational: Witchcraft & Religion. 6. Crime & Enrichment: the Profits of Violence -- III. The Productivity of Economic 'Failure'. 7. The Ab(use) of Corruption. 8. The Bounties of Dependence. 9. The (In)significance of Development -- IV. A New Paradigm. 10. The Political Instrumentalization of Disorder.

Subject Term
Elite (Social sciences) -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
 
Civil society -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
 
Political corruption -- Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Geographic Term
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Politics and government -- 1960-
 
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Economic conditions -- 1960-
 
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Social conditions -- 1960-

Added Author
Daloz, Jean-Pascal.


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