POLB91H3 Lecture : Lecture notes

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Domestic power structures and development: course intro. [see syllabus under course information on web page] A major determinant of development strategies and outcomes is the character of the state, and the domestic power structures and political coalitions underpinning it. A major determinant of development strategies and outcomes is the character of the state and the domestic power structures & political coalitions underpinning it. Types of state power: despotic power: the power to control and suppress (global south, infrastructural power: the power to administer and transform (global north) Strong despotic/ coercive power but at the same time weak infrastructural or transformative power (inability & tax your citizen- weak admin power) Purpose and point of colonial rule was extractive raw materials than development. Power structure of the colonial state were entrenched by ruling elites after independence to serve their own interest. 1982- rise of neoliberalism p. o. v. came with the change to democracy 7 the market force with free trade.

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