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The Criminalization of the State in Africa (African Issues)

Paperback • 1999 • English

The Criminalization of the State in Africa (African Issues)

By Jean-François Bayart, Stephen Ellis, Béatrice Hibou

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This book examines the growth of fraud and smuggling in African states, the plundering of natural resources, the privatization of state institutions, the development of an economy of plunder and the growth of private armies. It suggests 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 they distinguish between the corruption of previous decades and the criminalization of ...Show more

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ISBN

9780852558126

Publisher

James Currey

Published year

1999

Language

English

Original title

The Criminalization of the State in Africa (African Issues)

Format

Paperback

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