POL301Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ali Mazrui, Stateless Society, Sub-Saharan Africa
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Week 1/ the rise and decline of african state. Pierre englebert: african states were created (exogenous and european) Fran ois bayart: (cid:862)a tate (cid:449)ithout stru(cid:272)tural roots i(cid:374) so(cid:272)iety(cid:863) Definition of the state (ideal-type): max weber (monopoly of legitimate force over a territory and its population) = recognized as legitimate by other powers (notions of domination and authority, as well as independence and recognition) Comprehensive rule (jurisdiction over all the affairs) Supreme rule (no superior authority above the state in the territory under his control) Unqualified rule (state has total authority over its territory) Englebert: african states fail to meet the criteria of max weber. Claim to force is less effective and monopolistic. Centralized authority a(cid:374)d judi(cid:272)ial i(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374)s (cid:894)(cid:862)pri(cid:373)iti(cid:448)e states(cid:863), (cid:449)ith for(cid:373)al a(cid:374)d explicit governmental institutions) Societies without such authority and institutions (stateless societies without any form of centralized government) Dispersed (cid:862)tri(cid:271)al(cid:863) so(cid:272)ieties (cid:894)the ti(cid:448) of nigeria a(cid:374)d the nuer of the uda(cid:374)(cid:895)
