The Policy of National Integration in Zaïre
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4250546 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wyatt Macgaffey (Haverford College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 87-105 |
| Publication date | 1982-03-01 |
| 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/s0022278x00000070 |
| OpenAlex | W2045262104 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 10 |
National integration continues to be a matter of considerable debate and experiment among those concerned with the administration of Zaïre, but has attracted little attention elsewhere, even within the country. It is not to be confused with another policy - or alleged policy - that of suppressing tribalism in favour of national solidarity. Although 'tribalism' and 'regionalism' are constantly denounced by President Mobutu Sese Seko and other officials, they are major sources of corruption which the Government, by its practice, actively encourages by frequently reassigning all personnel in the higher ranks of the public service, and making sure that an ethnic mix is maintained in every agency. Officers commonly complain that the only thing that matters is one's tribal designation, not one's ability or performance. Engineered 'tribalism' of this sort has nothing to do with ancestral traditions and communal habits
Development economics · Economics · Government (linguistics · Language change · Nothing · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Regionalism (politics · Sociology · Solidarity · Tribalism · African history and culture studies · African Studies and Ethnography · African Studies and Geopolitics · Law · Public Administration
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| Citations per year | 0.24 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1981 - 2018 (38) |
| Highly cited | No |