Essays about: "Elin Dellås"

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  1. 1. Has the gate keeper state persevered? : A case study of Tanzania

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Elin Dellås; [2015]
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    Abstract : Despite success stories democracy and development has been struggling in Africa, and colonialism is a contributing factor to that. The aim of this thesis is to examine if this colonial legacy is still intact, which has been done by applying the gatekeeper theory by Frederick Cooper to Tanzania, resulting in the question: Is Tanzania still a gatekeeper state? The gatekeeper state theory concerns how the colonial legacy shaped the countries of Africa and explains the gatekeeper state as being centred on the gate, the intersection between external and internal, where the power is generally centralized and struggle over it is extensive. READ MORE