POLB91H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Fidel Castro, Civil Society, Iranian Revolution

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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. Types of state power: despotic power: the power to control and suppress society (global south) roots in colonial area, infrastructural power: the power to administer and transform (global north) Roots of despotic power- state borders and institutions were imposed by colonial rulers, challengers were put down by brutality weak infrastructure power, strong despotic power (paradox) Purpose of colonial rules, extract resources, setting up infrastructure that supported this goal. The purpose and point of colonial rule was extraction not developmental. The power structure of the colonial state was entrenched by the rolling elites, after independence to protect their own interests. Development trap: the vicious circle of poverty that prevents a country from developing.

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