DVM 2105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Government Failure, Clientelism, Japa

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: International Development and Globalization
• Course: DVM 2105
• Professor: Paul Haslam

Document Summary

European experience by those who consider this experience to be normative. The practice of viewing the world from a european or generally western perspective with an implied belief in the pre-eminence of western culture. Nation: community or race of people with shared culture, traditions, history, and (usually) language, whether scattered or confined to one country. Emphasizes the physical dimensions and boundaries of a geographical area, and "state" a self-governing legal and political entity. Colonial powers planted further seeds for ethnic strife in the way borders were drawn, often across ethnic or religious lines, creating permanently divided states. Legitimacy: the right and acceptance of an authority, usually a governing law or a regime. This does not diminish their central role in development, but it does begin to shed light on the myriad additional difficulties that developing states face above and beyond those of western states. A weberian view emphasises the rational purposeful nationalism of a modern state, regardless of its origin.