The criminalization of the state in Africa
| Title | The criminalization of the state in Africa |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Year of Publication | 1999 |
| Authors | J.F. Bayart, S. Ellis, and B. Hibou |
| Series title | African issues |
| Pagination | - XVIII, 126 |
| Date Published | 1999/// |
| Publisher | Currey [etc.] |
| Place Published | Oxford |
| Publication Language | eng |
| ISBN Number | 0-85255-813-9 |
| Keywords | Africa, political repression, South Africa, state, Subsaharan Africa |
| Abstract | 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 arms - all of these features of public life in Africa suggest that the State itself is becoming a vehicle for organized criminal activity. This book analyses the criminalization of the State in Africa in the following chapters: From kleptocracy to the felonious State? (Jean-François Bayart, Stephen Ellis & Béatrice Hibou) - The 'social capital' of the felonious State (Jean-François Bayart) - The new frontiers of crime in South Africa (Stephen Ellis) - The 'social capital' of the State as an agent of deception (Béatrice Hibou) - Conclusion (Jean-François Bayart) |
| Notes | Bibliogr.: p. 117-123 - Met lit.opg. en index - Vert. van: La criminalisation de l'état en Afrique. - [Bruxelles] : Editions Complexe, 1997 |
| Citation Key | 372 |