CPO3204 Exam Study Guide PDF

Table of Contents ================= **[Table of Contents](#table-of-contents) 2** **3** European Colonialism Revisited ============================== *Week 2* [**[Quizlet Link]**](https://quizlet.com/981744585/the-scramble-for-africa-colonialism-and-its-impacts-flash-cards/?funnelUUID=367a0ea7-...

Table of Contents ================= **[Table of Contents](#table-of-contents) 2** **3** European Colonialism Revisited ============================== *Week 2* [**[Quizlet Link]**](https://quizlet.com/981744585/the-scramble-for-africa-colonialism-and-its-impacts-flash-cards/?funnelUUID=367a0ea7-7ccd-42c5-a561-59b357079204) **Important Details & Instances from Elischer Lectures:** **THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA** - - - - - - - - - **PRE-COLONIAL ERA** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **LATE COLONIALISM** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **THE DRIVERS OF COLONIAL CONQUEST** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Drivers of Colonial Conquest** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Conquest** - - - - - - - - - - **Governance** - - - - - - - - - - **Consequences** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Legacies of Colonial State Making ===================================== *Week 3* [**[Quizlet Link]**](https://quizlet.com/981746847/week-3-colonial-legacy-and-statehood-in-africa-flash-cards/?funnelUUID=c19aa061-0b63-4113-8edb-dde3a6bf72d2) **Important Details & Instances from Elischer Lectures:** Colonial Rule and Contemporary Statehood in Africa - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Definitions to Know:** - - - **Questions That Could Be Asked:** - - - - - - - Governance and Rulership after Independence =========================================== *Week 5* **Important Details & Instances from Readings:** - **Important Details & Instances from Elischer Lectures:** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Definitions to Know:** - **Questions That Could Be Asked:** - - - - Public Service Provision ======================== *Week 6* **Important Details & Instances from Readings:** - **Important Details & Instances from Elischer Lectures:** [Legitimacy] - - - - - - [Elements] - - - [Personal Rule = Big Man Rule] - - - - [Clientelism (or "economy of affection")] - - - - - [Neopatrimonialism:] - - - - - - - [Neopatrimonialism = informal institutions] - - [Afrobarometer] Which statement reflects your opinion? - - - **Afrobarometer results show that sub-saharan african countries 60-80% people agree with the first statement from 1999-2025** - [Works on neopatrimonialism] - - - - - - [Tendencies in African studies] - - - [But...] - - - - Graph Figure 1: how corrupt are different institutions and groups in society? - - - **Definitions to Know:** - **Questions That Could Be Asked:** - Democratization: Africa's Second Liberation? ============================================ *Week 8* **Important Details & Instances from Readings:** - **Important Details & Instances from Elischer Lectures:** [Democracy] - - - - - [The Third Wave] - - - - - - [Comparing Africa's Political Systems] - - [Causes for Political Reformation] - - - - - [National Conferences in Francophone Africa] - - - - - - - - [An Assessment] - - - - - - - - **Definitions to Know:** - **Questions That Could Be Asked:** - **Details from Presentations** [Democratization: Africa's Second Liberation? 1] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [Democratization: Africa's Second Liberation 2] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [Struggle for Democratization in Zimbabwe in the 1990s] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Contemporary Regime Trajectories ================================ *Week 9* **Important Details & Instances from Readings:** - **Important Details & Instances from Elischer Lectures:** **Hybrid Regimes and De-democratization** [Political Regime] - [Democracy and its discontents] - - - - - - [Setbacks to democratization] - - - - - - - [Case study: Cameroon] - - - - - - - [Zimbabwe] - - - - - - **Definitions to Know:** - **Questions That Could Be Asked:** - **Details from Presentations** [Contemporary Regime Directions] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [Struggle Against Authoritarian Rule: **Eritrea**] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [Obstacles to Democratization **(Burkina Faso and Ghana Presentation)**] - - - - - - Ethnicity and Political Contestation ==================================== *Week 10* **Important Details & Instances from Readings:** - **Important Details & Instances from Elischer Lectures:** *Theoretical Approaches* - - - *Ethnicity and Tribalism* - - - - - - *Ethnicity and Politics* - - - - *Role of Political Parties* - - - - *Political Parties in Africa* - - - *Argument* - - - - - - - - - - - *Example: Nigeria* - - - - - - *Contemporary Nigeria* - - - - - - - **Definitions to Know:** - - - - - - - **Questions That Could Be Asked:** - - **Details from Presentations** - Violence and Conflict ===================== *Week 11* **Important Details & Instances from Readings:** - **Important Details & Instances from Elischer Lectures:** - - *Causes of Conflict* - - - - - - - *State survival strategies* - - - - ***Case study: Rwanda's authorarian government post-genocide*** - - - - - - *Consolidating authoritarian rule* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Definitions to Know:** - **Questions That Could Be Asked:** - **Details from Presentations** - Development and Foreign Aid =========================== *Week 12* **Important Details & Instances from Readings:** - **Important Details & Instances from Elischer Lectures:** *Basics* - - - - - - - *Marshall Plan 1947-1953* - - - - - - - - - - - *Political conditionality* - - - - - - *Effectiveness of Aid Withdrawal* - - - **More elaborate notes pls if anyone has** **Definitions to Know:** - **Questions That Could Be Asked:** - **Details from Presentations** - Women and Power =============== *Week 13* **Important Details & Instances from Readings:** - **Important Details & Instances from Elischer Lectures:** Background - - - - - *Gender parity in senegal* - - - - - - - Representation of Women Across African Parliaments - - - Novel: Unit of Analysis - - - - - - *Women and power in post conflict africa* - - - - Causal Mechanisms - - - - - - - - - - - - - **Definitions to Know:** - **Questions That Could Be Asked:** - **Details from Presentations** - The Coup Surge: Back to the Past? ================================= *Week 14* **Important Details & Instances from Readings:** - **Important Details & Instances from Elischer Lectures:** Background - - - - - - - - - - - - Coup Drivers - - - - - - - - - - - - - International Dimensions - - - - - - **Definitions to Know:** - **Questions That Could Be Asked:** - - - **Details from STUDENT Presentations** ***Coups in Africa - Joseph*** - - *First wave - 1960s-1970s* - - - - - *Second wave - 1990s-2000s* - - - - *Third wave - 2020 - present day* - - - - *Case Study: Guinea* - - - - - - - - - - - - - ***The Coup Surge - Sascha*** - - - - - - - - - - - - *Gabon* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *Burkina Faso* - - - - - - - - Summarized Weekly Notes ======================= Week 3: The African State Week 5: Autocratic Rule Post-Independence Week 6: Public Sector Delivery Week 8: Democratization and Africa's "Second Liberation" Week 9: Contemporary Regime Trajectories Week 10: Ethnic Politics Week 11: Violent Conflict Week 12: Foreign Aid Week 13: Women in African Politics Week 14: Coup Surge Key Themes for Final Preparation **Definitions to Know:** **Questions That Could Be Asked:** **Details from Presentations** **Conflict and Violence** **Democratization in Africa** **Women in African Politics** **Foreign Aid and Development** **Contemporary Regime Trajectories and Coups** **General Patterns and Themes** -