POLI 324 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Indirect Rule, Nnewi, Moral Authority

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 324
• Professor: Mohammed Moghaddam

Document Summary

By early 1990s, 44 african countries had saps (gordon 2007) Transfer of operational authority to the bank/imf: policy impact still prevalent. Implementation of economic model had serious political and social consequences, structural adjustment programs. Had a way of pacifying the urban population through subsidies: because of grievances, they had to nationalize the reduction of prices. Saps de-regulated and removed subsidies: urban areas (demonstrations/riots, removal of food subsidies/deregulation of prices. Irregular payment of salaries to health workers, teachers, etc. = these are the social and political implications. Resurgence of civil society: civil servants, trade unions, demanding reforms, students worried about jobs and professors facing cutbacks, social society activism. Self-help groups (associations, cooperatives, churches, mosques: deeply rooted in society, untied by socioeconomic need, solidarity and informal trust networks (informal economy) Traditional authorities and institutions: local chiefs, customary dispute resolution, etc, traditional methods to address welfare needs, the re-emergence of relevance to the traditional authorities.