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.
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| Other title: | Criminalisation de l'Etat en Afrique. English. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English French |
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[London] : Bloomington :
International African Institute in association with J. Currey, Oxford ; Indiana University Press,
1999.
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| Series: | African issues.
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 126 pages : illustrations, maps) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-123) and index. |
| Language: | Translated from the French. |