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. The result is a groundbreaking reassessment of colonial rule in Africa and its enduring aftereffects. 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (381 pages)
- Contents
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- Customary law: the Theory of Decentralized Despotism
- The Native Authority and the Free Peasantry
- The anatomy of resistance
- The Other Face of Tribalism: Peasant Movements in Equatorial Africa
- The Rural in the Urban: Migrant Workers in South Africa
- Conclusion: Linking the Urban and the Rural
- Notes
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Thinking through Africa's Impasse
- The structure of power
- Decentralized Despotism
- Indirect Rule: the Politics of Decentralized Despotism
- Isbn
- 9781400889716
- 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
- Subject
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- Democracy
- Africa -- Politics and government
- Indigenous peoples
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
- Apartheid -- Africa
- Despotism
- Electronic books
- Colonial influence
- Politics and government
- Colonies -- Africa -- Administration
- Indigenous peoples -- Africa
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government | National
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference
- Democracy -- Africa
- Apartheid
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays
- Despotism -- Africa
- Africa -- Colonial influence
- Africa
- Colonies -- Administration
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government | General
- 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. The result is a groundbreaking reassessment of colonial rule in Africa and its enduring aftereffects. 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
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1946-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mamdani, Mahmood
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- 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
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Apartheid
- Colonial influence
- Colonies
- Democracy
- Despotism
- Indigenous peoples
- Politics and government
- Africa
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
- Label
- Citizen and subject : contemporary Africa and the legacy of late colonialism, Mahmood Mamdani
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- Customary law: the Theory of Decentralized Despotism
- The Native Authority and the Free Peasantry
- The anatomy of resistance
- The Other Face of Tribalism: Peasant Movements in Equatorial Africa
- The Rural in the Urban: Migrant Workers in South Africa
- Conclusion: Linking the Urban and the Rural
- Notes
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Thinking through Africa's Impasse
- The structure of power
- Decentralized Despotism
- Indirect Rule: the Politics of Decentralized Despotism
- Control code
- on1029489311
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (381 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781400889716
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctvc620zn
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1029489311
- Label
- Citizen and subject : contemporary Africa and the legacy of late colonialism, Mahmood Mamdani
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Customary law: the Theory of Decentralized Despotism
- The Native Authority and the Free Peasantry
- The anatomy of resistance
- The Other Face of Tribalism: Peasant Movements in Equatorial Africa
- The Rural in the Urban: Migrant Workers in South Africa
- Conclusion: Linking the Urban and the Rural
- Notes
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Thinking through Africa's Impasse
- The structure of power
- Decentralized Despotism
- Indirect Rule: the Politics of Decentralized Despotism
- Control code
- on1029489311
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (381 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781400889716
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctvc620zn
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1029489311
Subject
- Africa
- Africa -- Colonial influence
- Africa -- Politics and government
- Apartheid
- Apartheid -- Africa
- Colonial influence
- Colonies -- Administration
- Colonies -- Africa -- Administration
- Democracy
- Democracy -- Africa
- Despotism
- Despotism -- Africa
- Electronic books
- Indigenous peoples
- Indigenous peoples -- Africa
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government | General
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government | National
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference
- Politics and government
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
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