The Criminalization of the State in Africa

Jean-Fran¿s Bayart is Director of the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationals, Paris.
Stephen Ellis is a Senior Researcher at the African Studies Centre at Leiden and former editor of Africa Confidential.
B¿rice Hibou is a Fellow at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique attached to the Centre d'Etudes d'Afrique Noir, Bordeaux.

List of contents

Introduction by Jean-François Bayart

From kleptocracy to the felonious state? by Jean-François Bayart, Stephen Ellis and Béatrice Hibou

The "social capital" of the felonious state, or the ruses of political intelligence by Jean-François Bayart

The new frontiers of crime in South Africa by Stephen Ellis

The "social capital" of the state as an agent of deception, or the ruses of economic intelligence by Béatrice Hibou

Conclusion by Jean-François Bayart

About the author

Jean-François Bayart is Director of the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationals, Paris.
Stephen Ellis is a Senior Researcher at the African Studies Centre at Leiden and former editor of Africa Confidential.
Béatrice Hibou is a Fellow at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique attached to the Centre d'Etudes d'Afrique Noir, Bordeaux.

Summary

What are the economic origins of official implication in crime? New forms of corruption have been unintentionally helped by liberal economic reforms.African Issues, edited by Alex de WaalFebruary, 1999 192 pages 8 x 5 Index

Product details

• Authors: Jean-Francois Bayart, Bayart Jean-Francois, Stephen Ellis, Ellis Stephen, Beatrice Hibou, Hibou Beatrice
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.04.2009
• EAN: 9780253212863
• ISBN: 978-0-253-21286-3
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 213 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 228 g
• Series: African Issues; African Issues (Paperback); African Issues; African Issues (Paperback)
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories