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The Belgian Congo as a Developmental State

Revisiting Colonialism

By: Emizet François Kisangani

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The Belgian Congo as a Developmental State

Revisiting Colonialism

By: Emizet François Kisangani

This book challenges assumptions that poor post-colonial economic performance is always a direct product of colonialism by reconsidering the Belgian Congo (1908–1959) as a developmental state. The book demonstrates that despite the colonial system’s economic exploitation and extraction, brutality, excessive taxation, and inequities, the Belgian Congo achieved successes in developing the economy in a short period of time. The Belgian Congo was able to achieve this by investing its higher rates of fiscal revenue in political stability, physical infrastructure, education, and healthcare. By reconsidering the Belgian colonial state as a developmental state, this book encourages scholars to adopt a more nuanced analysis of African history. Considering state capacity and state autonomy as key features of a developmental state, the book demonstrates that colonial state managers in the Belgian Congo were able to supply these public goods that sustained economic growth for decades. Whilst by no means glorifying colonialism or the atrocities that were conducted during the Belgian occupation, the book nonetheless outlines how different forms of capitalism were deployed to further economic development in the country. In contrast, predatory state managers of the Congo Free State (1885–1908) and post-colonial kleptocrats (1960–2018) have squandered Congo’s natural resources with disastrous economic and social consequences. Contrasting the Belgian Congo with colonies of settlement and other colonies of extraction, this book encourages researchers and students to reconsider the dominant narratives within colonial history, development, and African Studies.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000636909

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Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

By: Emizet Francois Kisangani

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Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

By: Emizet Francois Kisangani

This book looks at 55 years of independence, over eight decades of colonial rule, and earlier kingdoms and groups that shared the Congolese territory. This fourth edition highlights new developments and the increasing importance of the DRC in the Great Lakes Region and Africa, in particular, as well as its important role in the international environment.. This fourth edition of Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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144227316X

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9781442273160

The Belgian Congo as a Developmental State

Revisiting Colonialism

By: Emizet François Kisangani

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Revisiting Colonialism

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African Interventions

By: Emizet F. Kisangani,Jeffrey Pickering

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African Interventions

By: Emizet F. Kisangani,Jeffrey Pickering

A rich and accessible examination of military intervention on the African continent, from both foreign and African military actors.

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341

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Cambridge University Press

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1108426220

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Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

By: Emizet Francois Kisangani,Scott F. Bobb

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Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

By: Emizet Francois Kisangani,Scott F. Bobb

The third edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo looks back at the nearly 48 years of independence, over a century of colonial rule, and even earlier kingdoms and groups that shared the territory. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 800 cross-referenced dictionary entries on civil wars, mutinies, notable people, places, events, and cultural practices.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810863251

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9780810863255

Book's by Emizet Francois Kisangani

The Belgian Congo as a Developmental State

The Belgian Congo as a Developmental State

Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Belgian Congo as a Developmental State

The Belgian Congo as a Developmental State

African Interventions

African Interventions

Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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