POLI 227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Path Dependence, Neoliberalism, Extraversion And Introversion
14 Mar 2016
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Post-colonial theory seeks to examine the coninuing impact that to colonialism has on post-colonial development the impact of colonialism was transformaive, rather than transitory. As well as reshaping economic and poliical forms, it also changed the way in which people, specially the educaion, came to see the world path dependence emphasizes the importance of history in shaping choices for states and socieies. Pre-colonial states and socieies large empires and communiies before the 19th c european scramble for africa. Western post colonial experience very disinct from africa, asia, and lain america. Disregarding diferences between socieies and restraints placed by tradiional rulers, Pracice of indirect rule done by colonial rulers. African insituions, coninents relaive economic backwardness deeply rooted in history and give rise to logic of extraversion. Profound shit in how people irst consituted, then transmited and interpreted authority and social relaion. Command of language paired with the language of command.
