Business of civil war : new forms of life in the debris of the Democratic Republic of Congo /
Kabamba, Patience, 1965-
Business of civil war : new forms of life in the debris of the Democratic Republic of Congo / Patience Kabamba. - 1 online resource (xvi, 230 pages) : illustrations, maps - Codesria book series . - Codesria book series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-230).
Introduction -- "The failed state" : a hegemonic discourse? -- The emergence of the Nande : a socio-political history -- Theoretical issues in the Nande trading networks -- Strategies and structural frameworks that facilitated economic growth in the Nande Region -- Playing the ethnic card in the formation of a postcolonial African state -- The elite question -- Gold and guns : protecting capitalist investment during social fragmentation and violence -- Nande trust networks in new globalised relations : invention of post-postcolonial state? -- Conclusion.
Within the context of the absence of effective state sovereignty and the presence of numerous armed struggles for power, Nande traders have managed to build and protect self-sustaining, prosperous, transnational economic enterprises in eastern Congo. This book discusses the commercial enterprises of the Nande trust networks and the subsequent transnational community they have produced, thereby challenging the assumption that a "weak state" or a "failed state" or even a "collapsed state" can be presumed to signal a "failed" society. It demonstrates the fact that several sovereignties and property right systems can coexist side by side, reinforcing each other - an idea which seems inconceivable for those with a normative view of governmental institutions and state sovereignty.
English.
2869785623 (electronic bk.) 9782869785625 (electronic bk.) 9782869785649 (electronic bk.) 286978564X (electronic bk.)
Since 1960
Nande (Congolese (Democratic Republic) and Ugandan people)--Economic conditions.
Nande (Peuple d'Afrique)--Conditions économiques.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS.
Development / Economic Development.
HISTORY--Central.--Africa
Economic history
History & Archaeology.
Regions & Countries - Africa.
Congo (Democratic Republic)--History--1997-
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Economic conditions--1960-
Congo (République démocratique)--Histoire--1997-
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
DT658.26 / .K33 2013
967.24054
Business of civil war : new forms of life in the debris of the Democratic Republic of Congo / Patience Kabamba. - 1 online resource (xvi, 230 pages) : illustrations, maps - Codesria book series . - Codesria book series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-230).
Introduction -- "The failed state" : a hegemonic discourse? -- The emergence of the Nande : a socio-political history -- Theoretical issues in the Nande trading networks -- Strategies and structural frameworks that facilitated economic growth in the Nande Region -- Playing the ethnic card in the formation of a postcolonial African state -- The elite question -- Gold and guns : protecting capitalist investment during social fragmentation and violence -- Nande trust networks in new globalised relations : invention of post-postcolonial state? -- Conclusion.
Within the context of the absence of effective state sovereignty and the presence of numerous armed struggles for power, Nande traders have managed to build and protect self-sustaining, prosperous, transnational economic enterprises in eastern Congo. This book discusses the commercial enterprises of the Nande trust networks and the subsequent transnational community they have produced, thereby challenging the assumption that a "weak state" or a "failed state" or even a "collapsed state" can be presumed to signal a "failed" society. It demonstrates the fact that several sovereignties and property right systems can coexist side by side, reinforcing each other - an idea which seems inconceivable for those with a normative view of governmental institutions and state sovereignty.
English.
2869785623 (electronic bk.) 9782869785625 (electronic bk.) 9782869785649 (electronic bk.) 286978564X (electronic bk.)
Since 1960
Nande (Congolese (Democratic Republic) and Ugandan people)--Economic conditions.
Nande (Peuple d'Afrique)--Conditions économiques.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS.
Development / Economic Development.
HISTORY--Central.--Africa
Economic history
History & Archaeology.
Regions & Countries - Africa.
Congo (Democratic Republic)--History--1997-
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Economic conditions--1960-
Congo (République démocratique)--Histoire--1997-
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
DT658.26 / .K33 2013
967.24054