Warlord Politics and African StatesReno (political science, Florida International U.) examines alternative, usually clandestine, economic systems, arguing that such phenomena as tax evasion, illicit production, smuggling, and protection rackets have become widespread and integral to building political authority in parts of Africa. He also clarifies the limitations of the liberalizing reforms of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by detailing how weak- state and warlord political economies restrict and manipulate bank and IMF prescriptions. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Distinctive Political Logic of Weak States | 15 |
Africas Weakest States After the Cold War | 45 |
The Organization of Warlord Politics in Liberia | 79 |
Sierra Leones Transition to Warlord Politics | 113 |
Sovereignty and the Fragmentation of | 147 |
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