Warlord Politics and African States

Name: Warlord Politics and African States
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ISBN: 9781555878832

ISBN-10: 1555878830

ISBN-13: 9781555878832

Edition: 1999

Authors: William Reno

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Reno (political science, Florida International U.) examines alternative, usually clandestine, economic systems, arguing that such phenomena as tax evasion, illicit production, smuggling, and protection rackets have become widespread and integral to building political authority in parts of Africa. He also clarifies the limitations of the liberalizing reforms of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by detailing how weak- state and warlord political economies restrict and manipulate bank and IMF prescriptions. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book details

List price: $27.50
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Publication date: 7/31/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 257
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


Introduction



The Distinctive Political Logic of Weak States



Africa's Weakest States After the Cold War



The Organization of Warlord Politics in Liberia



Sierra Leone's Transition to Warlord Politics



Sovereignty and the Fragmentation of the Democratic Republic of Congo



"Reform" and the Rejection of Liberalism in Nigeria



Warlords in the Global System of States


Acronyms


Bibliography


Index


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