1st Edition
The Belgian Congo as a Developmental State Revisiting Colonialism
By Emizet François Kisangani
Copyright 2023
276 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
276 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
276 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
1. An overview of the argument, 2. The Leopoldian State and economy of plunder, 3. Political order and rule of law in the Belgian Congo, 4. Belgian Congo and basic infrastructure for economic development, 5. Property rights and economic development, 6. Revenue imperative, state building, and economic development, 7. From Mobutu to Mobutu and hubris syndrome, 8. From an anarchic to a criminal state, 9. The Belgian Congo state in comparative perspective, Conclusion
Biography
Emizet François Kisangani is Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Graduate Program in Security Studies, Kansas State University, USA.
