African midterm

Political Science 660 with Tripp at University of Wisconsin - Madison

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By: Alissa Durbin
Textbook:

In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo

Surviving the Slaughter: The Ordeal of a Rwandan Refugee in Zaire (Women in Africa and the Diaspora)

Unbowed: A Memoir (Vintage)
Created: 2010-03-10
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reasons for the end of conflicts in africa

end of cold war, more effort in peacekeeping, end of colonialism. Pressure from donor states, regional NGOs. Decline in authoritarian regimes, more inoculation leads to less death by disease,

corruption

-Neopatrimonialism: the state is treated as personal property.
-clientelism: exacerbates local/ethnic tensions. Rwanda example.
-Countries that are not democratic and discover oil/diamonds get there funds from resources, not from taxing the public. So they aren?t legitimized by the public- the public has no power in government.

dutch disease

: increases exchange rate because of just one resource, making other sectors suffer even more

how do corrupt, inefficient rulers stay in power?

bribes, repression, charisma, non-state members don?t have capitol to rebel, attachment to territorial unity, nationhood, weak society,
-propoganda: africanization campaign, changing the name to zaire.

the conflict trap

one war makes you more likely to have another.

the different powers of colonialism in africa

British: indirect rule. The British did a better job leaving infrastructure because they saw independence as inevitable. Decentralization.
French: assimilation, evulues. The elite inherited power after independence. Close ties with France remained in these countries.
- Belgium: left colonies ill equipped, exploited resources.