POLB80H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Dependency Theory, Good Governance, Structural Adjustment
Document Summary
Herbst pre-colonial african polities were characterized by having strong militarized state centers and weak peripheries because land was abundant and political control was hard to administer outside the centre. Colonial gov. mirrored the geopolitical reality and adopted system of indirect rule to cope. Fruend european powers sought economic expansion in africa. Began capitalist penetration in africa by monetizing coerced peasant labour in cash crops and mining. European colonies modelled this desire for capital penetration. Mamdani - colonial gov. entrenched decentralized despotism by giving native authority autonomous and absolute legal and financial power = removal of checks and balances and coercion of citizenry. Young bula matari represents the alien hegemonic force of white domination & imperialism that uses violence and extortion to colonize africa. A prerequisite of colonialism modeled after kongo ruler stanley. Markovitz autonomy can be exercised without independence from colonizers. Independence is gradually earned through tutelage from the colonizer.
