British Colonial Legacies and Political Development
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11914723 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew Lange (0000-0001-9651-8506, Brown University, corresponding author), Matthew K Lange |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 905-922 |
| Publication date | 2004-04-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-750X • E-ISSN: 1873-5991 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.worlddev.2003.12.001 |
| OpenAlex | W2042273599 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 122 |
| References cited | 46 |
Colonial rule · Colonialism · Development economics · Economics · Indirect rule · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Work (physics · Australian History and Society · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Law
The Theatre of Democratization
Transitional Justice
Historical Context
Limited Liberalism
Acronyms
Conclusion
Note on Usage
Group Relations and Tolerance
The People and the Constitution
Administrative Traditions
Explaining the Great Continuity
Colonialism, Neopatrimonialism, and Hybrid State Formation in Malaysia and the Philippines
Hong Kong as a Crown Jewel of the British Empire
How Autocrats Compete
The Long-Term Effects of Africa's Slave Trades
The Importance of History for Economic Development
Regime types and regime change
The Colonial Legacy and the Rise of Social Assistance in the Global South
Ruling Emancipated Slaves and Indigenous Subjects
Pre-Colonial Warfare and Long-Run Development in India
Indonesia's socio-political developments during Jokowi's leadership
Sex and the mission
Securing personal freedom through institutions
Cocktail Geopolitics and the Changing Nature of Governance
Political Tension and MNEs’ Disclosure of Host-Country ESG Activities
Ethnolinguistic diversity, quality of local public institutions, and firm-level innovation
The Mechanisms of Direct and Indirect Rule
Putting Up or Shutting Up
On Tax Efforts and Colonial Heritage in Africa
Sociology’s Imperial Unconscious
Japanese Colonial Structure in Korea in Comparative Perspective
German Sociology and Empire
Corruption and Reform in India
Legislative Development in Africa
Calamity, Conflict, and Cash Transfers
Slums in Semi-Arid Regions
Regional Elite Numeracy Formation in Sub-Saharan Africa During the 17 th to 19 th Century and Its Path-Dependent Relationship with Today’s Health Outcomes
From Colonialism to International Aid
Democracy, Capitalism, and Income Inequality
Development and geography
Slavery, Statehood, and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Why Do Some Oil-Producing Countries Succeed in Democracy While Others Fail
Long-Term Consequences of Colonial Institutions and Human Capital Investments
Colonial Revenue Extraction and Modern Day Government Quality in the British Empire
Indirect colonial rule and the salience of ethnicity
Historical legacies
Explaining African ethnic diversity
Imperial Rule, the Imposition of Bureaucratic Institutions, and their Long-Term Legacies
An Institutional Theory of Direct and Indirect Rule
God save the queen, god save us all? Monarchies and institutional quality
Diversification dans les ex-colonies
The Comparative Politics of Colonialism and Its Legacies
Agents of the Regime? Traditional Leaders and Electoral Politics in South Africa
Colonial Legacy, State-building and the Salience of Ethnicity in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Causal History of Africa
Parliamentary experience and contemporary democracy in Africa
Policing young minds
Keeping Up With Which Joneses
Reappraising the Legacy of Colonialism
The colonial labour question
Colonial rule, decolonisation, and corruption in India
Developmental Crises
Pre-colonial centralisation, traditional indirect rule, and state capacity in Africa
Ethnic mobilisation and state fragility in Nigeria
Democracy, Colonial Legacy, and the Openness of Cabinet-Level Websites in Developing Countries
Democratisation after empire
Research Note
Out‐of‐school time use in Pakistan
How Do Unexpected Networks Help Female Entrepreneurs in the Global South Survive in Adverse Contexts? A Case Study of Bangladesh
Disgruntled cadres
Professional skills development in a resource-poor setting
The Effects of Regional Colonial Discourse on Colonial Strategy
The Political Economy of Slums
Social Security Development and the Colonial Legacy
The enduring influence of institutions on universal health coverage
How instability creates stability
Colonial experience and postcolonial underdevelopment in Africa
The Complex Imprint of Foreign Rule
Containing Conflict or Instigating Unrest? A Test of the Effects of State Infrastructural Power on Civil Violence
Civil aircraft procurement and colonial ties
Decoupling Values from Action
Power and Persistence
Metropolitan Blueprints of Colonial Taxation? Lessons From Fiscal Capacity Building in British and French Africa, C. 1880–1940
The stability and breakdown of empire
Colonial Rule and the Power of Chiefs over Land Resources
Path to Centralization and Development
A Comparative Analysis of Women’s Political Rights, 1981–2004
From Conquest to Centralization
A Contribution to the Understanding of Middle Eastern and Muslim Exceptionalism
A Reanalysis of the Relationship between Indirect Rule, Ethnic Inclusion, and Decolonization
Precolonial and Colonial Origins of Inclusive Peace
Explaining the Constitutional Integration and Resurgence of Traditional Political Institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa
On the causes of electoral volatility in Asia since 1948
Dreams and Nightmares of Nationhood
Community‐based legislative representation and postcolonial ethnic civil warfare in former British and French colonies
Civilized Barbarism
Indirect Colonial Rule Undermines Support for Democracy
Who Inherits the State? Colonial Rule and Postcolonial Conflict
Fiscal legibility and state development
Mission or Empire, Word or Sword? The Human Capital Legacy in Postcolonial Democratic Development
Persistent poverty
Corruption and state politics in Sierra Leone
States and ruling classes in postcolonial Africa
Law in Colonial Africa
The African Colonial State in Comparative Perspective
The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development
Africa's Growth Tragedy
Reversal of Fortune
Law, custom, and social order
Coercion, capital, and European states, AD 990-1992
Atlas of world population history
The Dual Mandate in British Tropical Africa
State Power and Social Forces
The State and Taiwan's Economic Development
Merchant Capital and the Roots of State Power in Senegal
Saints and Politicians
Solving the Mystery of the Africa Dummy
Where do high growth political economies come from? The Japanese lineage of Korea's “developmental state”
Embedding the Colonial State
Embedding the Colonial State
Colonial legacies and economic growth
Democracy, Colonization, and Human Capital in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Plantation States as a Sub-Region of the Post-Bellum South
Capital Goods and Southern Economic Development
Studies in the Theory of Imperialism
The economic growth of Singapore
Institutions, Context, and Outcomes
The quality of government
Political Democracy and the Size Distribution of Income
The Maroons of Jamaica 1655-1796
The autonomous power of the state
Law and Colonialism
History Lessons
Merchant Capital and the Roots of State Power in Senegal, 1930-1985
Saints and Politicians
The Erosion of Patron-Client Bonds and Social Change in Rural Southeast Asia
Introduction
British India 1772-1947
Long-Run Development and the Legacy of Colonialism in Spanish America
| Unique citing works | 122 |
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| Citations per year | 5,81 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2026 (22) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 122 |