Colonialism and Postcolonial Development - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Colonialism and Postcolonial Development write by James Mahoney. This book was released on 2010-02-15. Colonialism and Postcolonial Development available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this comparative-historical analysis of Spanish America, Mahoney offers a new theory of colonialism and postcolonial development. He explores why certain kinds of societies are subject to certain kinds of colonialism and why these forms of colonialism give rise to countries with differing levels of economic prosperity and social well-being. Mahoney contends that differences in the extent of colonialism are best explained by the potentially evolving fit between the institutions of the colonizing nation and those of the colonized society. Moreover, he shows how institutions forged under colonialism bring countries to relative levels of development that may prove remarkably enduring in the postcolonial period. The argument is sure to stir discussion and debate, both among experts on Spanish America who believe that development is not tightly bound by the colonial past, and among scholars of colonialism who suggest that the institutional identity of the colonizing nation is of little consequence.
Political Power in Pre-colonial Buganda
Political Power in Pre-colonial Buganda - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Political Power in Pre-colonial Buganda write by Richard J. Reid. This book was released on 2002. Political Power in Pre-colonial Buganda available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Blessed with fertile and well-watered soil, East Africa's kingdom of Buganda supported a relatively dense population and became a major regional power by the mid-nineteenth century. This complex and fascinating state has also long been in need of a thorough study that cuts through the image of autocracy and military might. Political Power in Pre-Colonial Buganda explores the material basis of Ganda political power, gives us a new understanding of what Ganda power meant in real terms, and relates the story of how the kingdom used the resources at its disposal to meet the challenges that confronted it. Reid further explains how these same challenges ultimately limited Buganda's dominance of the East African great lakes region.
Colonialism and Development
Colonialism and Development - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Colonialism and Development write by Michael A. Havinden. This book was released on 2002-06-01. Colonialism and Development available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. British colonial rule of the tropics is the critical background to contemporary development issues. This study of Britain's economic and political relationship with its tropical colonies provides detailed analyses of trade and policy. The considerations of past successes and failures elucidate current opportunities and developments. No other book covers this broad topic with such detail and clarity.
Neo-Colonialism and the Poverty of 'Development' in Africa
Neo-Colonialism and the Poverty of 'Development' in Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Neo-Colonialism and the Poverty of 'Development' in Africa write by Mark Langan. This book was released on 2017-10-11. Neo-Colonialism and the Poverty of 'Development' in Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Langan reclaims neo-colonialism as an analytical force for making sense of the failure of ‘development’ strategies in many African states in an era of free market globalisation. Eschewing polemics and critically engaging the work of Ghana’s first President – Kwame Nkrumah – the book offers a rigorous assessment of the concept of neo-colonialism. It then demonstrates how neo-colonialism remains an impediment to genuine empirical sovereignty and poverty reduction in Africa today. It does this through examination of corporate interventions; Western aid-giving; the emergence of ‘new’ donors such as China; EU-Africa trade regimes; the securitisation of development; and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Throughout the chapters, it becomes clear that the current challenges of African development cannot be solely pinned on so-called neo-patrimonial elites. Instead it becomes imperative to fully acknowledge, and interrogate, corporate and donor interventions which lock many poorer countries into neo-colonial patterns of trade and production. The book provides an original contribution to studies of African political economy, demonstrating the on-going relevance of the concept of neo-colonialism, and reclaiming it for scholarly analysis in a global era.
Colonialism, development and independence
Colonialism, development and independence - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Colonialism, development and independence write by Harold C. Brookfield. This book was released on 1972. Colonialism, development and independence available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
