Africa's Leaky Giant
| Main author: | Trapido, Joe |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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| Summary: |
Recent analysis of Congo’s plight has foregrounded notions of local agency and impenetrable complexity, excluding structural analysis. In a landmark rebuttal, Joe Trapido argues that it is just as implausible to deny the agency of powerful outsiders as that of powerful Africans. Dynamics of a primitive accumulation that never results in sustained development, its gains still leaking overseas. |
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| Language: | English |
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2015
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