Lineages of despotism and development British colonialism and state power /

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Autore principale: Lange, Matthew
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Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
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Sommario:
  • Introduction: British colonialism and developmental legacies
  • The developmental legacies of British colonialism: a state-centered framework for analysis
  • A statistical analysis of British colonial legacies
  • Mauritius: direct rule and development
  • Sierra Leone: indirect rule and despotism
  • Guyana: a case of despotism despite direct rule
  • Botswana: a case of development despite indirect rule
  • Comparing British colonialism: testing the generalizability of colonial state legacies
  • Conclusion and discussion.