Corruption and State Politics in Sierra Leone - Couverture souple

Reno, William

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521103479 ISBN 13 : 9780521103473

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

A study of Sierra Leone which shows how an African ruler manages corruption that destroys the state bureaucracy.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

William Reno provides a powerful, scholarly yet shocking account of the inner workings of an African state. He focuses upon the ties between foreign firms and African rulers in Sierra Leone, where politicians and warlords use private networks that exploit relationships with international businesses to buttress their wealth and so extend their powers of patronage. This permits them to expand the reach of their governments in unorthodox ways, but in the process they undermine the bureaucracty of their own states. Dr Reno suggests that as the post-colonial state is eroded there is a return to the enclave economies and private armies that characterised the pre-colonial and colonial arrangements between European businessmen or administrators and some African political figures.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521103479
• ISBN 13: 9780521103473
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 244
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Avery; https://www.avery.fr/; ; chemin des peupliers 27; Dardilly; France