Entrepreneurs and Parasites: The Struggle for Indigenous

Entrepreneurs and Parasites: The Struggle for Indigenous Capitalism in Zaïre (African Studies Series, No. 57))
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Originally published in 1987, this book used data from Kisangani, Upper Zaire and North Kivu to demonstrate the emergence of an indigenous bourgeoisie of local capitalists without political position. These entrepreneurs invested in productive enterprise for the local market, managed and expanded their business in rational capitalist fashion, and were reproducing themselves as a class. The text discusses how the spiralling economic crisis in Zaire resulted in a severe decline in the administrative capacity of the state, but also opened up opportunities for social mobility. Reliance on anthropological methods of intensive fieldwork, personal contacts and collection of case histories created the basis for this study, forming an ethnography of local class formation and struggle.
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Entrepreneurs and Parasites: The Struggle for Indigenous Capitalism in Zaïre (African Studies Series, No. 57))