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SUMMARY:How was power shared in colonial Africa? Taxation and representati
 on in the British empire - Leigh Gardner\, LSE.
DTSTART:20231019T161500Z
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DESCRIPTION:Who held power in colonial Africa? Colonial governments made p
 olicies which have had lasting impacts on the continent's development. But
  they were constrained in many ways - by lack of staff and resources\, and
  by their lack of legitimacy with those they ruled. Recent research in pol
 itical science has shown that the survival of autocratic regimes in contem
 porary African countries has depended on the strategic use of patronage\, 
 either in the form of power showing with potential rivals or through the u
 se of public resources. Similarly\, British colonial governments used stra
 tegies of power sharing and resource distribution at various administrativ
 e levels to secure the stability of colonial rule. New data on the composi
 tion of colonial legislative councils and local governments shows how thes
 e methods varied between and within colonies\, reflecting local economic a
 nd political circumstances.
LOCATION:Room 6\, Faculty of History
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