Offers a critique and an alternative view of the theory of the African state. Using Zaire as a representative of African and Third World countries, the author argues that despite formal "democratic" trappings, competitive rule does not differ fundamentally from authoritarian rule.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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tables, figures, references
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Höhe: 159 mm
Breite: 225 mm
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978-1-85628-660-2 (9781856286602)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
The problem, the theory and the concepts; paradigms of the state and society in the Third World - a critique; precolonial societies in Central Africa; mode of production and the dynamism of precolonial societies; explaining pseudocapitalism; pseudocapitalism and overpoliticization - competitive rule; pseudocapitalism and overpoliticization - authoritarian rule; pseudocapitalism and the overpoliticized state - theoretical reprise.
