SOSC 2800 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Clientelism, Charismatic Authority, Indirect Rule

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 2800
• Professor: Merouan Mekouar

Document Summary

Sosc 2800 - development in comparative and historical perspective september 26, 2016. The decline of the colonial state: global changes, fading determination. Internal contradictions: direct vs indirect rule, end of myth of imperial invincibility, nationalist movements, petty bourgeoisie, two-way process. The post-colonial state: powerful, hierarchical, centralized, coercive, based on resource extraction, and fragile, little legitimacy, prevalence of neo-patrimonialism and corruption. Neo-patrimonialism and corruption: ma(cid:454) we(cid:271)er"s t(cid:455)polog(cid:455, rational-legal authority, absent in most developing countries, charismatic authority, castro (cid:894)cu(cid:271)a(cid:895), nasser (cid:894)eg(cid:455)pt(cid:895), mar(cid:272)os (cid:894)the philippines(cid:895) , patrimonial authority. Sosc 2800 - development in comparative and historical perspective september 26, 2016: authority linked to a person rather than to an officer. Corruption: major problem in most developing countries (but not all) Linked to the structure of the post-colonial state: absence of democracy, distance between the elite and the rest of society, absence of counter-powers, external connections, parochial vs. extractive corruption.