Pre-Colonial Warfare and Long-Run Development in India

Dincecco, Mark; Fenske, James; Menon, Anil; Mukherjee, Shivaji

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“…This logic suggests that when war is present in the process of state formation, as observed in European history, states are more likely to eliminate domestic rivals and develop strong institutions. While many scholars have found evidence in Tilly's thesis not only in the consolidation of European states but also in the development of the Indian, South Korean, and Taiwanese states (Dincecco et al, 2020;Herbst, 1990), others have argued that Tilly's theory of state formation does not account for Korea and Japan as these states weren't prone to any intense security threats (Huang & Kang, 2021).…”

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Colonial Legacies and (In)security in Africa: A Cameroonian Civil War Perspective

Ngwang

2022

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Background: This article systematically analyzes the extent to which British and French colonial legacies influenced the outbreak of the Cameroonian civil war. Drawing on a theoretical argument that associates the likelihood of civil war with the tensions that arise from the challenges of state formation and state-building, this article revisits the process of state formation in Cameroon and argues that the Cameroonian civil war is an artifact of conflicting British and French colonial legacies. Purpose: This research aimed at examining the link between the British and French colonial legacies and the Cameroonian civil war. Methodology: This study was desk research. Secondary data sources like journal articles, databases, newspaper articles, blogs, monographs, and other internet materials were consulted. These materials were subjected to content validity before being considered and analyzed qualitatively in the study. Tilly’s warfare theory on modern state formation was used as an explanatory tool to deepen the understanding of the links between war and state formation and to better appreciate the impact of British and French colonial legacies on the processes of state formation and state-building in Cameroon. Findings: This paper demonstrated that although governance crises heightened tensions between British and French Cameroons, conflicting British and French colonial legacies constitute the root cause of the civil war. Anglophones have been disgruntled with the relatively low rates of investment in the Anglophone regions, political marginalization, the domination of the French language over the English language in official matters nationwide, and the ‘frenchification’ of the Anglo-Saxon education and judicial systems. Unique Contribution to Practice and Policy: This article suggests that it is necessary for peacebuilders and policy experts to address colonial factors when designing policies aimed at resolving the Cameroonian civil war. Dealing only with governance crises without addressing the colonial roots of the problem runs the risk of relapse to conflict in the future. Also, because the British and French colonial legacies are at the center of the crisis, there is a need for Britain and France to revisit their terms of relations with Cameroon, galvanize global resources, and harmonize efforts to influence and foster the resolution of the conflict.

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Colonial Legacies and (In)security in Africa: A Cameroonian Civil War Perspective

Ngwang

2022

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The Search for Spices and Souls: Catholic Missions as Colonial State in the Philippines

Dulay

2022

Comparative Political Studies

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A growing literature posits that colonial Christian missions brought schooling to the colonies, improving human capital in ways that persist to this day. But in some places, they did much more. This paper argues that colonial Catholic missions in the Philippines functioned as state-builders, establishing law and order and building fiscal and infrastructural capacities in territories they controlled. The mission-as-state was the result of a bargain between the Catholic missions and the Spanish colonial government: missionaries converted the population and engaged in state-building, whereas the colonial government reaped the benefits of state expansion while staying in the capital. Exposure to these Catholic missions-as-state then led to long-run improvements in state capacity and development. I find that municipalities that had a Catholic mission have higher levels of state capacity and development today. A variety of mechanisms—religious competition, education, urbanization, and structural transformation—explain these results.

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Pre-Colonial Warfare and Long-Run Development in India

Abstract: The version presented here is a Working Paper (or 'pre-print') that may be later published elsewhere.

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Colonial Legacies and (In)security in Africa: A Cameroonian Civil War Perspective

Colonial Legacies and (In)security in Africa: A Cameroonian Civil War Perspective

The Search for Spices and Souls: Catholic Missions as Colonial State in the Philippines

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