POLB91H3 Lecture Notes - Dominant Minority
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A major determinant of development strategies and outcomes is the character of the state and the domestic power structures and political coalitions underpinning it. : the power to control and suppress (characterizes the. : the power to administer and transform (typical o. Roots of despotic power: o o o o o o o. State borders and institutions were artificially imposed by colonial. Bolivia-> first time that people joined the military and the government. Strong despotic power but weak transformative or infrastructural. The purpose and point of colonial rule was extractive and not. Despotic power protects the interest of the ruling elites against the. Characteristics of the colonial states were entrenched by the ruling rulers, bringing groups of people together. finally registered their names. power. developmental. lower classes elites after independence to protect their interests. Free markets and democracy are the key to development. principal aggravating cause of group hatred and ethnic violence throughout the non-western world.
