POLI 227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Westernization, Sub-Saharan Africa, Class Conflict
30 Mar 2013
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Cultural idolization of western behaviour/culture that influenced behaviour of dvlping countries westernization became the ideal. Colonialism is not just accelerated historical dvlpmt relationships of dependency were est btwn colonizers and the colonized (dominance of the. Dependency also shaped by 2 kinds of struggles: class struggle btwn typically westernized econ elites and mass of population, nat"list regimes vs. dominant capitalist states. Would there be lasting legacies of colonialism on constitutions, legal systems, etc. of decolonized countries? (such were the cases of jordan, canada, and others) legacies of colonialism can be evident in . Non-institutionalist legacies as well: e. g. solidification of racial cleavage btwn. Hutu and tutsi in rwanda during colonial period eventually led to modern genocide. Structure of local society (in the sense that borders were drawn by colonizers, this can sometimes be seen as legacy of colonialism) Huge amts of coups (60 successful in sub-saharan africa in the first 30 yrs after major colonization most transfers were irregular.
