POLB91H3 Lecture Notes - Ethnic Conflict, Tutsi, Hutu

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Domestic power structures and development: course intro. A major determinant of development strategies and outcomes is the character of the state, and the domestic power structures and political coalitions underpinning it. Types of state power: despotic power: the power to control and suppress south, infrastructural power: the power to administer and transform north. Legacy of the use of force to suppress and squash rebellion. Weak country side with weak out reach. State borders and institutions artificially imposed by colonial rulers: pull resources out legacy of colonial rule was extractive and not developmental. Strong despotic power and coercive power but weak infrastructure or transformational power. Purpose and point of colonial rule was extractive. Characteristic of the colonial state were entrenched by ruling elites after independence to protext their interest. Pockets of development but not completely development: eg. Chile santiago is a world class city until you walk out of the city centre.

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