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The State-Society Struggle : Zaire in Comparative Perspective / Thomas M. Callaghy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1984]Copyright date: ©1984Description: 1 online resource (516 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780231942102
  • 9780231897549
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Comparative and Analytic Perspectives -- 1. Mobutu's Zaire: An Authoritarian State in Comparative Perspective -- 2. State Formation and the State-Society Struggle -- 3. Absolutism and the State-Society Struggle -- Part II: The State-Society Struggle in Zaire -- 4. Zairian Absolutism and the State-Society Struggle -- 5. Absolutist Territorial Administration: Mobutu's Prefects -- 6. The Daily Tasks of Zairian Absolutism: Two Subregions -- 7. Zairian Absolutism and the Coverover Process: Control of Local Collectivities -- 8. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Examines the attempted state formation and the state-society struggle in Zaire from a variety of theoretical and comparative perspectives.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Comparative and Analytic Perspectives -- 1. Mobutu's Zaire: An Authoritarian State in Comparative Perspective -- 2. State Formation and the State-Society Struggle -- 3. Absolutism and the State-Society Struggle -- Part II: The State-Society Struggle in Zaire -- 4. Zairian Absolutism and the State-Society Struggle -- 5. Absolutist Territorial Administration: Mobutu's Prefects -- 6. The Daily Tasks of Zairian Absolutism: Two Subregions -- 7. Zairian Absolutism and the Coverover Process: Control of Local Collectivities -- 8. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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Examines the attempted state formation and the state-society struggle in Zaire from a variety of theoretical and comparative perspectives.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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