The Democratic Republic of Congo: the shift from colonialism to post-colonialism through the lens of non-State actor

Salbitani, Anita (A.A. 2023/2024) The Democratic Republic of Congo: the shift from colonialism to post-colonialism through the lens of non-State actor. Tesi di Laurea in Comparative history of political systems, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Giovanni Orsina, pp. 161. [Master's Degree Thesis]

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Abstract/Index

From colonialism to post-colonialism: gained independence, unfulfilled hopes. Congo as a colonial property. Independence, the Congo crisis and the first Republic (1960-1965). The second Republic (1965-1990) and Mobutu Sese Seko: a cultural and political dictatorship. The Church and State nexus in colonial and postcolonial Congo. Evangelization: bridging faith and power. The complex alliance of Church and State in the Belgian Congo. Mobutu Sese Seko: from African caudillo to fallen angel. The role of corporate enterprises as a mean of State control: from colonial to postcolonial Congo. The patterns of colonial exploitation in the Belgian Congo. The socio-economic legacy of decolonization. Mobutu’s failure to de-colonize business in Zaire.

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Bibliografia: pp. 145-156.

Thesis Type: Master's Degree Thesis
Institution: Luiss Guido Carli
Degree Program: Master's Degree Programs > Master's Degree Program in International Relations (LM-52)
Chair: Comparative history of political systems
Thesis Supervisor: Orsina, Giovanni
Thesis Co-Supervisor: Corrao, Francesca Maria
Academic Year: 2023/2024
Session: Extraordinary
Deposited by: Alessandro Perfetti
Date Deposited: 08 Jul 2025 09:17
Last Modified: 08 Jul 2025 09:17
URI: https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/42786

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