Conceptualizing a Developmental State in Post-genocide Rwanda
Location
Science Center, K209
Document Type
Presentation
Start Date
4-24-2015 4:00 PM
End Date
4-24-2015 5:30 PM
Abstract
In writing about postcolonial African states that have been economically successful under undemocratic regimes, western scholars have sustained the trope that casts African leaders as tactless dictators. Using post-genocide Rwanda as a case study, I argue that it is both possible and useful to conceptualize that genus of African state through the prism of the east Asian developmental state archetype. More specifically, I argue that the socio-political context that emerged in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide created a set of political incentives for policymakers to facilitate the creation of a developmental state.
Recommended Citation
Runyowa, Simbarashe, "Conceptualizing a Developmental State in Post-genocide Rwanda" (04/24/15). Senior Symposium. 63.
https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/seniorsymp/2015/presentations/63
Major
Politics
Advisor(s)
Kristina Mani, Politics
Project Mentor(s)
Darko Opoku, Africana Studies
April 2015
Conceptualizing a Developmental State in Post-genocide Rwanda
Science Center, K209
In writing about postcolonial African states that have been economically successful under undemocratic regimes, western scholars have sustained the trope that casts African leaders as tactless dictators. Using post-genocide Rwanda as a case study, I argue that it is both possible and useful to conceptualize that genus of African state through the prism of the east Asian developmental state archetype. More specifically, I argue that the socio-political context that emerged in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide created a set of political incentives for policymakers to facilitate the creation of a developmental state.
Notes
Session 3, Panel 19 - By Any Other Name: The Complexities of Ascription
Moderator: Kristina Mani, Associate Professor of Politics