School Wars
Church, State, and the Death of the Congo
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4250534 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patrick M Boyle (0000-0001-9048-1239, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 451-468 |
| Publication date | 1995-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022278x00021200 |
| OpenAlex | W1975270983 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 2 |
Two conventions tend to shape appraisals of the Belgian Congo and the manner of its decolonisation. The first describes the colonial power structure as an alliance of state, church, and large corporations.1 This trinity was 'not only... a virtually seamless web', writes Crawford Young, 'but each component, in its area of activity, was without peer in Africa in the magnitude of its impact'.2 The second convention typically portrays decolonisation as tumultuous, chaotic, bungled, or simply 'gone awry'.3 Indeed, the mutiny and secession movements that followed hard upon the proclamation in June 1960 of the Republic of the Congo (renamed Zaïre in October 1971) resulted in the rapid internationalisation of responses to them, thereby demonstrating the fragility of domestic political arrangements
Alliance · Colonialism · Decolonization · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Proclamation · Secession · Sociology · State (computer science) · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Law · North African History and Literature · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
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We Are Left with Barely Anything’
God and Caesar in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Community involvement and socioeconomic achievement gap in 14 sub-Saharan African countries
Religion and Interest in Politics in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Geopolitical Significance of Papal Funerals
Héritage colonial et appropriation du « pouvoir d'éduquer
Church, State, and 'Native Liberty' in the Belgian Congo
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2026 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |