Warlord Politics and African States
Author: William Reno
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781555878832
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReno (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