Violent capitalism and hybrid identity in the Eastern Congo power to the margins
"This book discusses the radical transformation of eastern Congo's political order in the context of apparent armed destruction and state weakness. Looking beyond the dominant paradigms, the author critically assesses the premises of this region's presumed collapse into chaos. He trac...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press
2014.
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| Colección: | CUP ebooks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39809766*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Collapse or Order?
- Condition of War
- Living in Uncertainty
- Chapter Overview
- 1. Congo's Central Margins
- Subjectivity of Border Action
- Accumulation by Dispossession
- Inverted Authority
- Shifting African Frontier
- 2. Rise of Indigenous Capitalism
- Max Weber and the Protestant Work Ethic
- Colonial Frontier
- Business Pioneers
- Fiscal Disobedience
- Bad Surroundings
- 3. Managing Uncertainty
- In the Footsteps of Mr Kurtz
- Crisis Incorporated
- Protection for Sale
- Conclusion
- 4. Transformation of Regulation
- Continuation of Violence by Other Means
- De Facto Sovereignty
- Governance Without Government?
- Government in Times of Crisis
- 5. Transformation Without Transition
- Mobutu's Ghost
- Mediated Statehood
- Democratisation of Violence
- Sovereignty in the Margins
- Conclusion.
