Theodore Trefon

Congo Masquerade

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Congo Masquerade is about mismanagement, hypocrisy and powerlessness in what has proved to be one of Africa's most troublesome and volatile states. In this scathing study of catastrophic aid inefficiency, Trefon argues that whilst others have examined war and plunder in the Great Lakes region, none have yet evaluated the imported 'template format' reform package pieced together to introduce democracy and improve the well-being of ordinary Congolese. It has, the book demonstrates, been for years an almost unmitigated failure due to the ingrained political culture of corruption amongst the Congolese elite, abetted by the complicity and incompet… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-84813-839-1
EAN: 9781848138391
Produktnummer: 13799675
Verlag: Zed Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 176 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 0 KB

Über den Autor

Dr Theodore Trefon was educated at Boston University. He is an independent researcher and consultant currently based at the Free University of Brussels. He is also President of the Brussels Centre of African Studies. His research focuses on state-society relations, urban anthropology and environmental governance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.