Angola's War Economy
Author : Jakkie Cilliers
Publisher :
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 44,17 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Angola
ISBN :
Author : Jakkie Cilliers
Publisher :
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 44,17 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Angola
ISBN :
Author : Mark Shaw
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,61 MB
Release : 2022
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Author : Ricardo Soares de Oliveira
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 12,46 MB
Release : 2015-04-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0190251417
Magnificent and Beggar Land is a powerful account of fast-changing dynamics in Angola, an important African state that is a key exporter of oil and diamonds and a growing power on the continent. Based on three years of research and extensive first-hand knowledge of Angola, it documents the rise of a major economy and its insertion in the international system since it emerged in 2002 from one of Africa's longest and deadliest civil wars. The government, backed by a strategic alliance with China and working hand in glove with hundreds of thousands of expatriates, many from the former colonial power, Portugal, has pursued an ambitious agenda of state-led national reconstruction. This has resulted in double-digit growth in Sub-Saharan Africa's third largest economy and a state budget in excess of total western aid to the entire continent. Scarred by a history of slave trading, colonial plunder and war, Angolans now aspire to the building of a decent society. How has the regime, led by President José Eduardo dos Santos since 1979, dealt with these challenges, and can it deliver on popular expectations? Soares de Oliveira's book charts the remarkable course the country has taken in recent years.
Author : Keith Somerville
Publisher :
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 15,2 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Business & Economics
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Author : Pyt S. Douma
Publisher :
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 21,68 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Angola
ISBN : 9789050310871
Author : Philippe Le Billon
Publisher : Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 21,80 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Human services
ISBN : 9780850034950
Author : Assis Malaquias
Publisher :
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,17 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN :
Rebels and Robbers is about the political economy of violence in post-colonial Angola. This book provides the first comprehensive attempt at analyzing how the military and non-military dynamics of more than four decades of conflict created the structural violence that stubbornly defines Angolan society even in the absence of war. The book clearly demonstrates that the end of the civil war has not ushered in positive peace. The focus on structural violence enables the author to explore the continuities since colonial times, especially in the ways race, class, ethnicity, and power have been used by governing elites as mechanisms to oppress the powerless. Thus, although corruption as structural violence manifesting itself so ubiquitously in Angola today may have been taken to new levels after independence, its origin is unmistakably colonial. Similarly, the zero-sum character of political interactions that defined colonial Angola is yet to be fully exorcized. But there are also important discontinuities. The unabashed propensity to capture public resources for personal aggrandizement is purely post-colonial. So is the tendency toward personal, unaccountable rule. Given its rich endowments, the end of the civil war provides Angola with an opportunity to finally realize its developmental potential. This will depend on whether the wealth resulting from the exploration of natural resources is directed toward creating the conditions for the citizens " realization of their aspirations for the good life thus ensuring sustainable peace. This book will be valuable to academics, practitioners, and the general public interested in gaining a deeper understanding of the political economy of violence in Africa and, more specifically, the interplay between violence, wealth and power in Angola.
Author : Christopher Cramer
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 20,73 MB
Release : 1995
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Author : Karen Ballentine
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 39,70 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Civil war
ISBN : 9781588261724
Globalization, suggest the authors of this collection, is creating new opportunities - some legal, some illicit - for armed factions to pursue their agendas in civil war. Within this context, they analyze the key dynamics of war economies and the challenges posed for conflict resolution and sustainable peace. Thematic chapters consider key issues in the political economy of internal wars, as well as how differing types of resource dependency influence the scope, character, and duration of conflicts. Case studies of Burma, Colombia, Kosovo, Papua New Guinea, and Sri Lanka illustrate a range of ways in which belligerents make use of global markets and the transnational flow of resources. An underlying theme is the opportunities available to the international community to alter the economic incentive structure that inadvertently supports armed conflict.
Author : Inge Tvedten
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 30,37 MB
Release : 2018-10-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0429981880
After more than twenty years of devastating civil war, Angola is slowly moving toward peace and reconciliation. In this accessible introduction to one of the most resource-rich countries in Africa, Inge Tvedten traces Angola’s turbulent past with a particular focus on the effects of political and economic upheaval on the Angolan people. First, Tvedten reviews five centuries of Portuguese colonial rule, which drained Angola’s resources through slavery and exploitation. Next, he turns to the postindependence period, during which the country became a Cold War staging ground and its attempts to democratize collapsed when the rebel movement UNITA (until then supported by the United States) took the country back to war after electoral defeat. Tvedten shows how the colonial legacy and decades of war turned Angola into one of the ten poorest countries in the world in terms of socioeconomic indicators, despite its possessing considerable oil resources, huge hydroelectric potential, vast and fertile agricultural lands, and some of Africa’s most productive fishing waters. Finally, Tvedten argues that peace and prosperity for Angola are possible, but constructive international support will be crucial to its achievement.