1. The Problem, the Theory, and the Concepts -- 2. Paradigms of the State and Society in the Third World: A Critique -- 3. Precolonial Societies in Central Africa -- 4. Mode of Production and the Dynamism of Precolonial Societies -- 5. Explaining Pseudocapitalism -- 6. Pseudocapitalism and Overpoliticization: Competitive Rule -- 7. Pseudocapitalism and Overpoliticization: Authoritarian Rule -- 8. Pseudocapitalism and the Overpoliticized State: Theoretical Reprise -- Appendix. Notes on Class, Ethnicity, and the Applicability of the Lineage Mode of Production
Analysis
Culture
Zaire
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-260)
