Book review: Roadblock politics: the origins of violence in central Africa by Peer Schouten

Silver, Jonathan (2022) Book review: Roadblock politics: the origins of violence in central Africa by Peer Schouten. Africa at LSE (14 Oct 2022). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Roadblock Politics: The Origins of Violence in Central Africa offers a new way to think about state power and violence, in and through infrastructure. Peer Schouten writes a powerful and empirically detailed account of the messy politics of control that has characterised the region’s logistical and trade flows over time. Movement necessitates encounters, with blockade points run by an assortment of state officials, military and rebel factions, bandits and villagers that levy transit taxes.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/
Additional Information:	© 2022 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform J Political Science > JQ Political institutions Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific
Date Deposited:	14 Dec 2022 15:18
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2024 03:45
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/117613

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