SOSC 1430 Study Guide - Final Guide: Indirect Rule, Captive Market, Authoritarianism

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1430
• Professor: Miguel Gonzalez

Document Summary

Distinguished developing countries in americas, asia, africa and middle east from rest of world - experienced some form of colonial rule. Reasons - economics of expansion of europe, development of capitalism, creation of a world market and international division of labor. Eventually these political interventions resulted in the formation of what came to be called colonial states. Colonial states ripped apart preexisting economic and social relations and created colonial economies. Seven political features all colonial states shared: an international political dimension, bureaucratic elitism and authoritarianism, use of traditional" or customary" authority gures in colonial society, use of force, technological advantage, statism, hegemonic ideology. All colonial rules in africa and india involved political direction and control of a subject society ultimately by a foreign power. Eg. india and britain - economic surplus being generated in the indian countryside was not directed toward industrial growth in india because of government policies determined in.