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Extraction and Violent Resistance in the Early Phases of State Building: Quantitative Evidence From the "Maji Maji" Rebellion, 1905-1907
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Abstract Does extraction increase the likelihood of antistate violence in the early phases of state-building processes? Although research has focused on the impacts of war on state building, the potential "war-making effects" of extraction have largely been neglected. The article provides the first quantitat... mehr
Does extraction increase the likelihood of antistate violence in the early phases of state-building processes? Although research has focused on the impacts of war on state building, the potential "war-making effects" of extraction have largely been neglected. The article provides the first quantitative analysis of these effects in the context of colonial state building. It focuses on the "Maji Maji" rebellion (1905-1907), the most substantial incidence of anticolonial violence in Eastern Africa. Analyses based on a new historical data set confirm the correlation between extraction and resistance. More importantly, they reveal that distinct strategies of extraction produced distinct outcomes. Although the intensification of extraction in state-held areas created grievances among the population, it did not drive the rebellion. Rather, the results indicate that the expansion of extractive authority threatened the interests of local elites and provoked effective resistance. This finding provides insights into the mechanisms driving the "extraction-coercion cycle" of state building.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Tansania; Landesgeschichte; Deutschland; Ostafrika; Kolonialismus; Staatenbildung; öffentliche Einnahmen; Steuerpolitik; Krieg; Widerstandsbewegung
Klassifikation
allgemeine Geschichte
Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Sicherheitspolitik
Methode
empirisch; empirisch-quantitativ
Freie Schlagwörter
Deutsch-Ostafrika; Kolonialherrschaft; Kolonialwirtschaft; Nationenbildung; Steuereinnahmen; Rohstoffabbau; Gewalttätigkeit; Konfliktverlauf; Aufstand; Revolte
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2016
Seitenangabe
S. 291-323
Zeitschriftentitel
Comparative political studies, 49 (2016) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/0010414015617962
ISSN
1552-3829
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung
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