The Criminalization of the State in Africa

by Jean-François Bayart, Béatrice Hibou, Stephen Ellis

Book Overview

The growth of fraud and smuggling on a major scale, the plundering of natural resources, the privatisation 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 organised criminal activity. The three authors propose criteria for gauging the criminalisation of African states and present a novel prognosis.
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253212863
• ISBN13: 9780253212863
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 8.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.5"