The Rise and Decline of the Zairian State

The Rise and Decline of the Zairian State
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Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Total Pages : 522
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ISBN-10 : 9780299101138
ISBN-13 : 0299101134
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Download or read book The Rise and Decline of the Zairian State written by Crawford Young and published by University of Wisconsin Pres. This book was released on 1985 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zaire, apparently strong and stable under Presdident Mobutu in the early 1970s, was bankrupt and discredited by the end of that decade, beset by hyperinflation and mass corruption, the populace forced into abject poverty. Why and how, in a new african state strategically located in Central Africa and rich in mineral resources, did this happen? How did the Zairian state become a “parasitic predator” upon its own people?


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