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Title:Angola: Can the Politics of Disorder Become the Politics of Democratisation and Development?
Author:Kibble, SteveISNI
Year:2006
Periodical:Review of African Political Economy
Volume:33
Issue:109
Period:September
Pages:525-542
Language:English
Geographic term:Angola
Subjects:political change
development
political systems
State-society relationship
Development and Technology
Economics and Trade
Politics and Government
international relations
External link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03056240601001026
Abstract:Postwar Angola seems at first look to be in a triple transition from war to peace, devastation to reconstruction, and from a State/elite patronage system to democratization and transparency. However, this paper argues that, in fact, the 'politics of disorder' stemming from war suit the purposes of the Angolan elite whilst it simultaneously proclaims transition for outside cosmetic purposes. The Angolan elite, comprising 'a constellation of politician-rentiers, petroleum sector technocrats and military officials', can run the State in its own interests, largely ignoring any demands from the citizenry given that the accumulation basis and the orientation of the elite is to the outside. Chinese loans, high oil prices, further oilfield expansion and the warm alliance with the USA ensure that Angolan civil society - despite its efforts - is unable to adequately counter the elite's ability to control events. Promised elections - without a date having been announced - are unlikely to change this structural framework. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]
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