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African Conflicts and Informal Power:: Big Men Null

Paperback • 2012 • English

African Conflicts and Informal Power:: Big Men Null

By Mats Utas

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About the book

In the aftermath of an armed conflict in Africa, the international community both produces and demands from local partners a variety of blueprints for reconstructing state and society. The aim is to re-formalize the state after what is viewed as a period of fragmentation. In reality, African economies and polities are very much informal in character, with informal actors, including so-called Big Men, often using their positions in the formal structure as a means to reach their own goals.Through ...Show more

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9781848138834

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[Place of publication not identified] : Zed Books Limited

Published year

2012

Language

English

Original title

African Conflicts and Informal Power:: Big Men Null

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Paperback

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