The Resource Citizen and subject : contemporary Africa and the legacy of late colonialism, Mahmood Mamdani
Citizen and subject : contemporary Africa and the legacy of late colonialism, Mahmood Mamdani
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- Summary
- "In analyzing the obstacles to democratization in post- independence Africa, Mahmood Mamdani offers a bold, insightful account of colonialism's legacy--a bifurcated power that mediated racial domination through tribally organized local authorities, reproducing racial identity in citizens and ethnic identity in subjects. Many writers have understood colonial rule as either "direct" (French) or "indirect" (British), with a third variant--apartheid--as exceptional. This benign terminology, Mamdani shows, masks the fact that these were actually variants of a despotism. While direct rule denied rights to subjects on racial grounds, indirect rule incorporated them into a "customary" mode of rule, with state-appointed Native Authorities defining custom. By tapping authoritarian possibilities in culture, and by giving culture an authoritarian bent, indirect rule (decentralized despotism) set the pace for Africa; the French followed suit by changing from direct to indirect administration, while apartheid emerged relatively later. Apartheid, Mamdani shows, was actually the generic form of the colonial state in Africa. Through case studies of rural (Uganda) and urban (South Africa) resistance movements, we learn how these institutional features fragment resistance and how states tend to play off reform in one sector against repression in the other. Reforming a power that institutionally enforces tension between town and country, and between ethnicities, is the key challenge for anyone interested in democratic reform in Africa." -- from Princeton University Press
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 353 p.
- Contents
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- 1. Introduction: Thinking through Africa's Impasse ---- Part I. The Structure of Power --- 2. Decentralized Despotism --- 3. Indirect Rule: The Politics of Decentralized Despotism --- 4. Customary Law: The Theory of Decentralized Despotism --- 5. The Native Authority and the Free Peasantry ---- Part II. The Anatomy of Resistance. 6. The Other Face of Tribalism: Peasant Movements in Equatorial Africa --- 7. The Rural in the Urban: Migrant Workers in South Africa --- 8. Conclusion: Linking the Urban and the Rural
- Isbn
- 9780691027937
- Label
- Citizen and subject : contemporary Africa and the legacy of late colonialism
- Title
- Citizen and subject
- Title remainder
- contemporary Africa and the legacy of late colonialism
- Statement of responsibility
- Mahmood Mamdani
- Title variation
- Contemporary Africa and the legacy of late colonialism
- Subject
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- Africa
- Africa
- Africa -- Colonial influence
- Africa -- Colonial influence
- Africa -- History | 19th century
- Africa -- History | 20th century
- Africa -- Politics and government
- Africa -- Politics and government
- Afrika
- Apartheid
- Apartheid -- Africa
- Colonial influence
- Colonies -- Administration
- Colonies -- Africa -- Administration
- Democracy
- Democracy -- Africa
- Demokratisierung
- Despotism
- Despotism -- Africa
- Indigenous peoples
- Indigenous peoples -- Africa
- Kolonialismus
- Political science
- Politics
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In analyzing the obstacles to democratization in post- independence Africa, Mahmood Mamdani offers a bold, insightful account of colonialism's legacy--a bifurcated power that mediated racial domination through tribally organized local authorities, reproducing racial identity in citizens and ethnic identity in subjects. Many writers have understood colonial rule as either "direct" (French) or "indirect" (British), with a third variant--apartheid--as exceptional. This benign terminology, Mamdani shows, masks the fact that these were actually variants of a despotism. While direct rule denied rights to subjects on racial grounds, indirect rule incorporated them into a "customary" mode of rule, with state-appointed Native Authorities defining custom. By tapping authoritarian possibilities in culture, and by giving culture an authoritarian bent, indirect rule (decentralized despotism) set the pace for Africa; the French followed suit by changing from direct to indirect administration, while apartheid emerged relatively later. Apartheid, Mamdani shows, was actually the generic form of the colonial state in Africa. Through case studies of rural (Uganda) and urban (South Africa) resistance movements, we learn how these institutional features fragment resistance and how states tend to play off reform in one sector against repression in the other. Reforming a power that institutionally enforces tension between town and country, and between ethnicities, is the key challenge for anyone interested in democratic reform in Africa." -- from Princeton University Press
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1946-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mamdani, Mahmood
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- JV246
- LC item number
- .M35 1996
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Princeton studies in culture/power/history
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Colonies
- Africa
- Africa
- Despotism
- Democracy
- Apartheid
- Indigenous peoples
- Demokratisierung
- Kolonialismus
- Afrika
- Africa
- Africa
- Africa
- Africa
- Politics
- Africa
- Apartheid
- Colonial influence
- Colonies
- Democracy
- Despotism
- Indigenous peoples
- Political science
- Africa
- Label
- Citizen and subject : contemporary Africa and the legacy of late colonialism, Mahmood Mamdani
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-337) and index
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- volume
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- Content category
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- Contents
- 1. Introduction: Thinking through Africa's Impasse ---- Part I. The Structure of Power --- 2. Decentralized Despotism --- 3. Indirect Rule: The Politics of Decentralized Despotism --- 4. Customary Law: The Theory of Decentralized Despotism --- 5. The Native Authority and the Free Peasantry ---- Part II. The Anatomy of Resistance. 6. The Other Face of Tribalism: Peasant Movements in Equatorial Africa --- 7. The Rural in the Urban: Migrant Workers in South Africa --- 8. Conclusion: Linking the Urban and the Rural
- Control code
- 35445018
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 353 p.
- Isbn
- 9780691027937
- Isbn Type
- (Princeton pbk.)
- Lccn
- 97981050
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)35445018
- Label
- Citizen and subject : contemporary Africa and the legacy of late colonialism, Mahmood Mamdani
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-337) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1. Introduction: Thinking through Africa's Impasse ---- Part I. The Structure of Power --- 2. Decentralized Despotism --- 3. Indirect Rule: The Politics of Decentralized Despotism --- 4. Customary Law: The Theory of Decentralized Despotism --- 5. The Native Authority and the Free Peasantry ---- Part II. The Anatomy of Resistance. 6. The Other Face of Tribalism: Peasant Movements in Equatorial Africa --- 7. The Rural in the Urban: Migrant Workers in South Africa --- 8. Conclusion: Linking the Urban and the Rural
- Control code
- 35445018
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xii, 353 p.
- Isbn
- 9780691027937
- Isbn Type
- (Princeton pbk.)
- Lccn
- 97981050
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)35445018
Subject
- Africa
- Africa
- Africa -- Colonial influence
- Africa -- Colonial influence
- Africa -- History | 19th century
- Africa -- History | 20th century
- Africa -- Politics and government
- Africa -- Politics and government
- Afrika
- Apartheid
- Apartheid -- Africa
- Colonial influence
- Colonies -- Administration
- Colonies -- Africa -- Administration
- Democracy
- Democracy -- Africa
- Demokratisierung
- Despotism
- Despotism -- Africa
- Indigenous peoples
- Indigenous peoples -- Africa
- Kolonialismus
- Political science
- Politics
Member of
- Princeton studies in culture/power/history
- Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice (IPJ) Collection
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