Dialectics of Oppression in Zaire

By Michael G. Schatzberg

Book Overview

..". a truly authoritative source." --Foreign Affairs ..". a valuable book for policy makers, multinational corporations, international organizations, and scholars who are interested in state formation in post-colonial Africa." --African Studies Review Focusing on what the Zairian state is and does, Schatzberg examines how scarcity and insecurity have become twin motors of a dialectic of oppression, resulting in coercion, corruption, exploitation, and fear.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253317037
• ISBN13: 9780253317032
• Release Date: September 1988
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.8" x 6.5"