The International Relations of Africa Class 23 Flashcards
What did Charles Tilly say?
War made all European states.
What is the process of natural selection?
Only the strongest states survived.
How did states become more efficient in order to survive?
Ending internal disputes, absolutist states replacing feudalism, banning domestic private armies.
Supporting Organizations needed to wage war in addition to centralized army.
1) treasuries and supply services
2) conscription/taxes
Second Congo War
War enhances bureaucracy.
Definition of a Rentier State?
Elite derive national revenue from rent paid by foreign individuals, concerns, or governments.
What is the resource curse?
Government controls resources with little incentive to improve efficiency of extraction.
What are African Juridical States in a nutshell?
Most African states are the result, institutionally, territorially, and identity-wise, of colonialism. a) Economically underdeveloped b) Social organized under tribal lines c) Bureaucratically under-developed d) Face domestic threats
4 consequences of African states that are subject to agencies/donor countries?
1) agencies fail to push for bureaucracy
2) heavy borrowing can cause domestic concessions in order to gain payment relief
3) indebted states weakness facilitates interference from wealthy
4) exceptions to the above with inter-state wars in Tanzania, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Rwanda.
4 pieces of African International Relations as a whole?
1) States with policies of state intervention are better off
2) Michael Doyle’s definition of liberal regimes
3) Francis Fukyama’s two systems that triumph: Capitalism and Democracy
4) the African Experience
Michael Doyle’s Definition of Liberal Regimes
1) private economies
2) sovereignty
3) judicial and individual rights
4) representative government
The African Experience of Democracy:
1) rights may be applied hierarchically
2) a full democracy may be illiberal
3) democracy worsens socio-economic stability
4) democracy may cause war in Africa
