State, Counterinsurgency, and Political Policing in Colonial and - Postcolonial Malawi, 1891 199

Studying Malawi's colonial and post-colonial history, Paul Chiudza Banda analyzes the rise of insurgencies in Malawi and uses the concept of "counterinsurgency" to address the reactions of the state to those who challenged its legitimacy and authority.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Early Forms of African Resistance and State Counter-Insurgency, 1891-1914
Chapter 2: The Land, Labor, and Taxation Nexus: Whither "Civilizing Mission"
Chapter 3: The Winning of Hearts and Minds During and after the 1915 African Uprising
Chapter 4: The Politics of Development and the Development of Politics in the Late Colonial Era
Chapter 5: Post-Colonial Malawi: The Dynamics of an "Imported State"
Chapter 6: Epilogue: Banda's Downfall - The End of the Post-Colonial State?

About the author

By Paul Chiudza Banda

Product details

• Authors: Paul Chiudza Banda
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781793614995
• ISBN: 978-1-79361-499-5
• No. of pages: 342
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, HISTORY / Africa / South / General, Colonialism & imperialism, Politics & government, Southern Africa, African History