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CRIMINALIZATION OF THE STATE IN AFRICA
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| By: |
Director Jean-Francois Bayart, Senior Researcher Stephen Ellis, Beatrice Hibou |
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Hardback |
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£30.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0253335248 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780253335241 |
| Publisher: |
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 April, 2000 |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Synopsis: |
The growth of fraud and smuggling on a major scale, the plundering of natural resources, the privatization of state institutions, the development of an economy of plunder, the growth of private armies -- all of these features of public life in Africa suggest that the state itself is becoming a vehicle for organized criminal activity. The authors propose criteria for gauging the criminalization of African states and present a novel prognosis. They ask: -- Is Africa moving away from a classical form of corruption to one in which major operators are now able to connect with global criminal networks?-- What are the political origins of official implication in crime?-- What aspects of Africa's past have contributed to current attitudes toward the use of public office for personal enrichment, or even systemic illegality?-- What are the economic origins of official implication in crime? How have liberal economic reforms unintentionally fueled new forms of corruption? |
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Illustrations, maps |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Indiana University Press |
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Non-returnable |
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