ISBN:
9781107082076
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 191 Seiten
,
24 cm
Edition:
First published
DDC:
967.5103/4
Keywords:
Political violence
;
Borderlands
;
Capitalism
;
Innere Sicherheit
;
Innerstaatlicher Konflikt
;
Politische Krise
;
Politisches System
;
Grenzgebiet
;
Wirtschaftsbeziehungen
;
Kaufmann
;
Miliz
;
Sozioökonomischer Wandel
;
Nationenbildung
;
Fragile Staaten/Gescheiterte Staaten
;
Fragile states/failed states
;
Congo (Democratic Republic) Economic conditions
;
Demokratische Republik Kongo
;
Afrika
;
Kongo
;
Republik Kongo
;
Demokratische Republik Kongo
;
Gewalt
;
Politische Gewaltanwendung
;
Grenzgebiet
;
Kapitalismus
;
Wirtschaftliche Lage
Abstract:
"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 traces violent rule patterns back to a tumultuous history of extra-economic accumulation, armed rebellion and de facto public authority in the margins of regional power plays. Rather than curing the world's ills, the originality of this book lies in its neat focus on cultural and economic uncertainty. It answers the question of what institutional changes are the result of strategies of daily risk management in an environment characterised by violent competition over the right to govern"--
Abstract:
"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 traces violent rule patterns back to a tumultuous history of extra-economic accumulation, armed rebellion and de facto public authority in the margins of regional power plays. Rather than curing the world's ills, the originality of this book lies in its neat focus on cultural and economic uncertainty. It answers the question of what institutional changes are the result of strategies of daily risk management in an environment characterised by violent competition over the right to govern"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 159-180
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction 1. - 1. Congo's central margins 28. - 2. The rise of indigenous capitalism 46. - 3. Managing uncertainty 68. - 4. The transformation of regulation 92. - 5. Transformation without transition 119. - Conclusion 141
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