description: ..". 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 ReviewFocusing 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.
language: English
title: The Dialectics of Oppression in Zaire
titlecomplete: The Dialectics of Oppression in Zaire
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Indiana University Press