Reference no: EM133817079
Assignment:
Claude Ake ... "we are never going to understand the developmental crisis in Africa, much less contain it, as long as we continue to think of it as an economic crisis."
1. In his work, How Politics under develops Africa, Claude Ake makes the claim that as part of the political strategy for survival, political autocrats practiced a type of politics that results in the misuse of technical and specialized manpower resources. From the lecture notes, explain how this happens. *Please do not copy my notes for me!
2. In his work, How Politics under develops Africa, Claude Ake makes the claim that as part of the political strategy for survival, political autocrats practiced a type of politics that results in resources being directed or channeled into unproductive uses. From the lecture notes, explain how this happens. *Please do not copy my notes for me!
3. Claude Ake refers to as the militarization of social life as part of the practice of politics that contributed to African underdevelopment, from the lecture notes, explain what he meant by the term "militarization of social life."
4. For the African elite that inherited political independence,its only means of livelihood is by using state power for appropriation and accumulation. Discuss how Robert Fatton explains this process through their control of Marketing Boards which regulates the purchase and export of agricultural goods.