The criminalization of the state in Africa / Jean-Francʹois Bayart, Stephen Ellis, Beatrice Hibou ; translated from the French by Stephen Ellis.

This text charts the growth of fraud and smuggling in African states, the development of an economy of plunder and the growth of private armies. It argues that the state itself is engendering organized criminal activity.

Bibliographic Details

Online Access:	Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Main Author:	Bayart, Jean-Francʹois
Corporate Author:	International African Institute
Other Authors:	Ellis, Stephen, 1953-2015, Hibou, Beatrice
Other title:	Criminalisation de l'Etat en Afrique. English.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English French
Published:	[London] : Bloomington : International African Institute in association with J. Currey, Oxford ; Indiana University Press, 1999.
Series:	African issues.
Subjects:	Political corruption > Africa. Political crimes and offenses > Africa. Political corruption. Political crimes and offenses. Africa.