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Criminalization of the State in Africa (African Issues) by Jean-Francois Bayart, Stephen Ellis, Beatrice Hibou Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2009 ISBN-10: 0-253-21286-3 / 0253212863 ISBN-13: 978-0-253-21286-3 / 9780253212863 The growth of fraud and smuggling on a major scale, the plundering of natural resources, the privatisation of state institutions, the development of an economy of plunder, the growth of private armies-all of these features of public life in Africa suggest that the state itself is becoming a vehicle |