Book contents
- Trajectories of Authoritarianism in Rwanda
- African Studies Series
- Trajectories of Authoritarianism in Rwanda
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figure
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- Trajectories of Authoritarianism
- 1 The Study of Authoritarianism
- 2 Should Rwanda Matter to the Study of Authoritarianism?
- 3 Some Background
- 4 The Shape of Authoritarianism in Pre-genocide Rwanda
- 5 Communicating Norms for Behavior
- 6 Challenges to the Monopoly of Legitimate Violence
- 7 Competition around and within the Security Sanctum
- 8 The Political and Economic Grind
- 9 Local and Individual Trajectories
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- African Studies Series
8 - The Political and Economic Grind
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2023
- Trajectories of Authoritarianism in Rwanda
- African Studies Series
- Trajectories of Authoritarianism in Rwanda
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figure
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- Trajectories of Authoritarianism
- 1 The Study of Authoritarianism
- 2 Should Rwanda Matter to the Study of Authoritarianism?
- 3 Some Background
- 4 The Shape of Authoritarianism in Pre-genocide Rwanda
- 5 Communicating Norms for Behavior
- 6 Challenges to the Monopoly of Legitimate Violence
- 7 Competition around and within the Security Sanctum
- 8 The Political and Economic Grind
- 9 Local and Individual Trajectories
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- African Studies Series
Summary
Chapter 8 turns to the "political and economic grind," the ongoing political and economic friction the two pre-genocide republics experienced throughout their life span. Though never a challenge to the republics’ absolute survival, this grind nonetheless undermined their ability to achieve control in as important a manner as over crises, chipping away at the bases of performance and hence confidence in the two regimes.
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- Trajectories of Authoritarianism in RwandaElusive Control before the Genocide, pp. 265 - 311Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023