The State-Society Struggle : : Zaire in Comparative Perspective / / Thomas M. Callaghy.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Callaghy, Thomas M.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1984]; ©1984
• Year of Publication: 1984
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (516 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; Part I: Comparative and Analytic Perspectives --; 1. Mobutu's Zaire: An Authoritarian State in Comparative Perspective --; 2. State Formation and the State-Society Struggle --; 3. Absolutism and the State-Society Struggle --; Part II: The State-Society Struggle in Zaire --; 4. Zairian Absolutism and the State-Society Struggle --; 5. Absolutist Territorial Administration: Mobutu's Prefects --; 6. The Daily Tasks of Zairian Absolutism: Two Subregions --; 7. Zairian Absolutism and the Coverover Process: Control of Local Collectivities --; 8. Conclusion --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231897549; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/call94210
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Thomas M. Callaghy.

Examines the attempted state formation and the state-society struggle in Zaire from a variety of theoretical and comparative perspectives.