POL301Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Modernization Theory, Distinct Society
Document Summary
Early 1980s - irst african countries to adopt the adjustment program. Happier period of democratization in the 1990s. Remarkable recovery- politically and economically in ghana. Rich precolonial history; borders of ghana- various entities and political groups. Geographical reasons for failure to put soldiers on horses. Europeans began to build fortresses; portuguese were the irst ones to arrive- others quickly followed. Europeans began to ight with the people of the kingdom and with each other. War with the enchant kingdom vs. britain. We will look at contemporary situations; connect the violence and coercion; how then they began to construct their identities. How people in ghana came to see their identities; shifts and its consequences. How and when ethnicity becomes a problem in africa. Difernet kind of investment in secular nation. Ghana as more of a conventional, colonial empire. The colonizers were going to go home after they beneit from it. Regions do matter; often become a kernel for identiication.
