POLI 279 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Buganda, Institutional Theory, Hegemony
11 Sep 2018
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Midterm 1 = 4/6 questions, each question worth 15 points, medium length questions (paragraph each), some points on grammar, quality over quantity; 5 theoretical perspectives; know the general dates, specific is always better. There is no complete understanding of the politics of the global south without attention to: Chiriyankandath said that the state formation in pre-colonial states matters to their colonization and post-colonial development. Christopher clapham argues that the degree of pre-colonial state is a good predictor of the resilience of post-colonial states. Pierre englebert argues the differences in state capacity and economic growth in states are a result of the congruence or incongruence of pre-colonial institutions with those of the colonial and post-colonial periods. Varied in their degree of institutionalization and centralization. Mayans had difference states and chiefdoms, aztec has varying levels of centralization, Central/south america had diverse degrees of statehood. Middle east: some of the oldest and most advanced civilizations.
