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The work develops a well informed analysis of state formation in Mozambique from the perspective of three processes: the nature of state and market relations, and how this affected the insertion of rural society into the national economy; the construction of local state power structures as the Frelimo sought to embed its authority at a grassroots level; and finally, the importance, but also complexity, of lineage politics and its impact on local power structures. Throughout the study, the conceptual analysis of state formation and democratisation in rural society is developed with insight and clarity throughout the text. Thus it constitutes an important contribution to the theoretical debates in the democratisation literature, as it engages in the critical questions of the construction of regime legitimacy and governance in rural based societies. Moreover, the piece is well researched, and written with methodological rigour and clarity. Dr. Pilar Domingo
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