Theodore Trefon

Congo Masquerade

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Produktbeschreibung

A unique and original study of aid inefficiency in one of the 21st century's major attempts at reconstructing a failed state in Africa.

Produktdetails

• African Arguments
• Verlag: Zed Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 204g
• ISBN-13: 9781848138360
• ISBN-10: 1848138369
• Artikelnr.: 33562565

Autorenporträt

Theodore Trefon (PhD Boston University) is a Congo expert specializing in the politics of state-society relations. He has devoted the past 25 years to Congo as a researcher, lecturer, author, project manager and consultant. Trefon's expertise derives from a career of analysis, participatory observation and extensive fieldwork. He is contributing editor to the Review of African Political Economy. Founding director of the Belgian Reference Centre for Expertise on Central Africa, he now heads the Contemporary History Section of the Belgian Royal Museum for Central Africa.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgements
The Crocodile and the Scorpion: a Parable
Timeline
Map of Democratic Republic of Congo
1. Why State-Building is Not Working
2. The Political Economy of Broken Promises
3. A Patchwork of Unrealisitic Reforms
4. The Administrative Juggernaut
5. Culture Matters
6. Conclusion
Bibliography