Schatzberg, Michael G., Dialectics Of Oppression In Zaire, The

The Dialectics of Oppression in Zaire

Politics & Social Sciences

Schatzberg, Michael G.

Politics & Government

Indiana Univ. Pr

"... refreshing and provocative... a significant addition to existing literature on African politics." ―Stephen Ellis
"It opens up a whole new field of investigation, and brings into focus the pertinence of an interdisciplinary approach to African politics." ―René Lemarchand
In this innovative work, Michael G. Schatzberg reads metaphors found in the popular press as indicators of the way Africans come to understand their political universe. Examining daily newspapers, popular literature, and political and church documents from across middle Africa, Schatzberg finds that widespread and deeply ingrained views of government and its relationship to its citizenry may be understood as a projection of the metaphor of an idealized extended family onto the formal political sphere. 
Schatzberg’s careful observations and sensitive interpretations uncover the moral and social factors that shape the African political universe while showing how some African understandings of politics and political power may hamper or promote the development of Western-style democracy. Political Legitimacy in Middle Africa looks closely at elements of African moral and political thought and offers a nuanced assessment of whether democracy might flourish were it to be established on middle African terms.

Political Legitimacy in Middle Africa: Father, Family, Food

Social Sciences

Indiana University Press

"... a truly authoritative source." —Foreign Affairs"... a valuable book for policy makers, multinational corporations, international organizations, and scholars who are interested in state formation in post-colonial Africa." —African Studies ReviewFocusing on what the Zairian state is and does, Schatzberg examines how scarcity and insecurity have become twin motors of a dialectic of oppression, resulting in coercion, corruption, exploitation, and fear.

History

Africa

"... refreshing and provocative... a significant addition to existing literature on African politics." —Stephen Ellis
"It opens up a whole new field of investigation, and brings into focus the pertinence of an interdisciplinary approach to African politics." —René Lemarchand
In this innovative work, Michael G. Schatzberg reads metaphors found in the popular press as indicators of the way Africans come to understand their political universe. Examining daily newspapers, popular literature, and political and church documents from across middle Africa, Schatzberg finds that widespread and deeply ingrained views of government and its relationship to its citizenry may be understood as a projection of the metaphor of an idealized extended family onto the formal political sphere. 
Schatzberg’s careful observations and sensitive interpretations uncover the moral and social factors that shape the African political universe while showing how some African understandings of politics and political power may hamper or promote the development of Western-style democracy. Political Legitimacy in Middle Africa looks closely at elements of African moral and political thought and offers a nuanced assessment of whether democracy might flourish were it to be established on middle African terms.

Politics and Class in Zaire: Bureaucracy, Business, and Beer in Lisala

Africana Pub

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The Dialectics of Oppression in Zaire

Political Legitimacy in Middle Africa: Father, Family, Food

The Dialectics of Oppression in Zaire

Political Legitimacy in Middle Africa: Father, Family, Food

Politics and Class in Zaire: Bureaucracy, Business, and Beer in Lisala