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The criminalization of the state in Africa

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford J.Currey 1999Description: xviii, 126p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780852558126
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.132BAY
Summary: The growth of fraud and smuggling on a major scale, the plundering of natural resources, the privatisation of state institutions, the development of an economy of plunder, the growth of private armies―all of these features of public life in Africa suggest that the state itself is becoming a vehicle for organised criminal activity. The three authors propose criteria for gauging the criminalisation of African states and present a novel prognosis.
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Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references and index.

The growth of fraud and smuggling on a major scale, the plundering of natural resources, the privatisation of state institutions, the development of an economy of plunder, the growth of private armies―all of these features of public life in Africa suggest that the state itself is becoming a vehicle for organised criminal activity. The three authors propose criteria for gauging the criminalisation of African states and present a novel prognosis.

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