Kleoniki Alexopoulou
Biographic Data
| ID | 5725016 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kleoniki Alexopoulou |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kleoniki |
| FAMILY NAME | Alexopoulou |
| SIGNATURE | ALEXOPOULOU K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wageningen University & Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7929-5969 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Imperialism of jackals and lions. The fiscal-military state in Portuguese Africa in the British and French African mirror, c. 1850–1940
We adopt the metaphor of the “jackal” and the “lion” to explore whether variation in geo-political power of metropoles affected fiscal and military capacity building in colonial Africa. Zooming in on Portuguese Africa, we hypothesize that indigenous taxpayers in Angola and Mozambique were forced to invest more in order, security and their own subjugation, as Portugal lacked the wealth, the scale economies, the imperial cross-subsidies and the mea…
Labour Transformations in Central and Southern Africa from Colonial to Postcolonial Times
Gender (in)equality, maritime economies, and numeracy development in Greece during the 19th and 20th centuries
We study the history of human capital in Greece during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. We investigate the numeracy skills of the population both at national and regional levels. Furthermore, we test the effect of gender equality, as well as geographic, demographic and socio-economic factors such as agricultural specialisation (crops, livestock), trade and industry development, urbanisation, and migration on numeracy. We find that in Greec…
Governing Free and Unfree Labor Migration in Portuguese Africa, 19th–20th Century
This chapter offers an overview of labor migration in former Portuguese Africa during the full century prior to independence. Apart from mapping the several migration flows and developing a typology of migrant workers, this study presents a detailed analysis of the legal and administrative frameworks regulating the process of labor recruitment and migration. Our analysis is guided by four main questions: (i) How did the Portuguese colonial state …
Local Conditions and Metropolitan Visions
This chapter surveys the fiscal policies and practices in the Portuguese African colonies of Mozambique and Angola from the 1850s to 1970s. It explores the fiscal implications of a long history of trade relations and cultural exchange, including early forms of colonial settlement (merchants, missionaries, prazeros), which were moulded into a relatively late and severely contested occupation wave in the late nineteenth century. It discusses the co…
An anatomy of colonial states and fiscal regimes in Portuguese Africa
Samir Amin (1972) divided the African continent into three "macro-regions of colonial influence" with distinct socio-economic systems and labour practices: Africa of the colonial trade or peasant economy, Africa of the concession-owning companies, and Africa of the labour reserves. We argue that Mozambique encompassed all three different "macro-regions" in one sole colony. We reconstruct government revenue (direct/indirect taxes) raised at a dist…
Colonial State Formation Without Integration
Samir Amin (1972) divided the African continent into three “macro-regions of colonial influence” with distinct socio-economic systems and labour practices: Africa of the colonial trade or peasant economy, Africa of the concession-owning companies, and Africa of the labour reserves. We argue that Mozambique encompassed all three different “macro-regions” in a single colony. We reconstruct government revenue (direct/indirect taxes) raised at a dist…
Colonial State Formation Without Integration
Samir Amin (1972) divided the African continent into three “macro-regions of colonial influence” with distinct socio-economic systems and labour practices: Africa of the colonial trade or peasant economy, Africa of the concession-owning companies, and Africa of the labour reserves. We argue that Mozambique encompassed all three different “macro-regions” in a single colony. We reconstruct government revenue (direct/indirect taxes) raised at a dist…
An anatomy of colonial states and fiscal regimes in Portuguese Africa
Samir Amin (1972) divided the African continent into three "macro-regions of colonial influence" with distinct socio-economic systems and labour practices: Africa of the colonial trade or peasant economy, Africa of the concession-owning companies, and Africa of the labour reserves. We argue that Mozambique encompassed all three different "macro-regions" in one sole colony. We reconstruct government revenue (direct/indirect taxes) raised at a dist…
Colonial State Formation Without Integration
Samir Amin (1972) divided the African continent into three “macro-regions of colonial influence” with distinct socio-economic systems and labour practices: Africa of the colonial trade or peasant economy, Africa of the concession-owning companies, and Africa of the labour reserves. We argue that Mozambique encompassed all three different “macro-regions” in a single colony. We reconstruct government revenue (direct/indirect taxes) raised at a dist…
An anatomy of colonial states and fiscal regimes in Portuguese Africa
Samir Amin (1972) divided the African continent into three "macro-regions of colonial influence" with distinct socio-economic systems and labour practices: Africa of the colonial trade or peasant economy, Africa of the concession-owning companies, and Africa of the labour reserves. We argue that Mozambique encompassed all three different "macro-regions" in one sole colony. We reconstruct government revenue (direct/indirect taxes) raised at a dist…
Local Conditions and Metropolitan Visions
This chapter surveys the fiscal policies and practices in the Portuguese African colonies of Mozambique and Angola from the 1850s to 1970s. It explores the fiscal implications of a long history of trade relations and cultural exchange, including early forms of colonial settlement (merchants, missionaries, prazeros), which were moulded into a relatively late and severely contested occupation wave in the late nineteenth century. It discusses the co…
Governing Free and Unfree Labor Migration in Portuguese Africa, 19th–20th Century
This chapter offers an overview of labor migration in former Portuguese Africa during the full century prior to independence. Apart from mapping the several migration flows and developing a typology of migrant workers, this study presents a detailed analysis of the legal and administrative frameworks regulating the process of labor recruitment and migration. Our analysis is guided by four main questions: (i) How did the Portuguese colonial state …
Gender (in)equality, maritime economies, and numeracy development in Greece during the 19th and 20th centuries
We study the history of human capital in Greece during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. We investigate the numeracy skills of the population both at national and regional levels. Furthermore, we test the effect of gender equality, as well as geographic, demographic and socio-economic factors such as agricultural specialisation (crops, livestock), trade and industry development, urbanisation, and migration on numeracy. We find that in Greec…
Imperialism of jackals and lions. The fiscal-military state in Portuguese Africa in the British and French African mirror, c. 1850–1940
We adopt the metaphor of the “jackal” and the “lion” to explore whether variation in geo-political power of metropoles affected fiscal and military capacity building in colonial Africa. Zooming in on Portuguese Africa, we hypothesize that indigenous taxpayers in Angola and Mozambique were forced to invest more in order, security and their own subjugation, as Portugal lacked the wealth, the scale economies, the imperial cross-subsidies and the mea…
Labour Transformations in Central and Southern Africa from Colonial to Postcolonial Times
Geography (7 works) · African history and culture studies (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Portuguese (5 works) · Colonialism (4 works) · Development economics (4 works) · Economy (4 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (2 works) · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (2 works)