The criminalization of the state in Africa
Jean-François Bayart, Stephen Ellis (Author, Translator), Béatrice Hibou, International African Institute
This text charts the growth of fraud and smuggling in African states, the development of an economy of plunder and the growth of private armies. It argues that the state itself is engendering organized criminal activity
Print Book, English, 1999
International African Institute in association with J. Currey, Oxford ; Indiana University Press, [London], Bloomington, 1999