Dialectics of Oppression in Zaire

Name: Dialectics of Oppression in Zaire
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ISBN: 9780253317032

ISBN-10: 0253317037

ISBN-13: 9780253317032

Edition: 1988

Authors: Michael G. Schatzberg

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"... a truly authoritative source." -- Foreign Affairs"... a valuable book for policy makers, multinational corporations, international organizations, and scholars who are interested in state formation in post-colonial Africa." -- African Studies ReviewFocusing on what the Zairian state is and does, Schatzberg examines how scarcity and insecurity have become twin motors of a dialectic of oppression, resulting in coercion, corruption, exploitation, and fear.

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 9/22/1988
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



PrefaceAcronyms



Introduction



Triple Helix: State, Class, and Ethnicity in Africa



The State as Ear: Information, Coercion, and the Political Police



The State as Bandit: Armed Forces, Coercive Force



The State as Family, Mobutu as Father: Political Imagery



The Insecure State, I: Resistance Within--The Magistrature



The Insecure State, II: Resistance Without--Religious Groups



The Dialectics of Oppression


Notes


Bibliography


Index