A View from Zaire
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21019129 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patrick M Boyle (0000-0001-9048-1239, Princeton University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 269-287 |
| Publication date | 1988-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8871 • E-ISSN: 1086-3338 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2010365 |
| OpenAlex | W2331117135 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 17 |
This review of recent books on Zaire examines how the changing salience of the issues of ethnicity, class, and the state exhibit shifts in academic perspectives and especially in perceptions of how best to account for and articulate the characteristics of political life in contemporary Zaire. The authors' views on the dynamics of class formation within a situation of increasing socioeconomic inequality and state decline raise questions about how or to what degree the Mobutu regime has managed to institutionalize a kind of “authority” and “political order” over the past twenty years. The case of Zaire challenges the meaning of “institutionalization” because the most clearly identifiable practices in Zaire have centered on finding efficient means for appropriating whatever political and economic resources are at hand
Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnic group · Inequality · Institutionalisation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Salience (neuroscience) · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · State (computer science) · African history and culture studies · Demography · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology
The politics of cultural pluralism
A systems analysis of political life
The Shrinking Political Arena
Zaïre
Zaire
External actors and the relative autonomy of the political aristocracy in Zaire
The Political Economy of Africa
Political Awakening in the Belgian Congo
Patrimonialism and Political Change in the Congo
A View from the Congo
What Does Political Development Mean in Africa
The Bourgeoisie and Revolution in the Congo
The Policy of National Integration in Zaïre
Bureaucratic Corruption and Underdevelopment in the Third World, The Case of Zaire
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1988 - 2012 (25) |
| Highly cited | No |