Pseudocapitalism and the Overpoliticized State
S. N. Sangmpam
Avebury, December 1994
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Offers a critique and an alternative view of the theory of the African state. Using Zaire as a representative of African and Third World countries, the author argues that despite formal democratic trappings, competitive rule does not differ fundamentally from authoritarian rule.