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| "The wide array of non-governmental and not-for-profit organizations that have a presence in public life, expressing the interests and values of their members or others, based on ethical, cultural, political, scientific, religious, or philanthropic considerations... " (World Bank) |
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| A sovereign POLITICAL entity that has the following characteristics and powers (aka imperative according to Young): hegemony, autonomy, security, legitimacy, the right to extract revenues, and the ability to promote the general accumulation process. |
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| having the authority to take action internally and externally |
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| making decisions without outside input |
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| protecting your freedom with some sort of army (1960s - Caribbean Federation) |
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| positive trade relationship between colony and colonizer (NOT independent trade) |
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| official recognition of authority of "mother country" by colony and its civil society |
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| Right to Extract Revenues |
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| after slavery ends poor IMMIGRANTS were brought in order to maintain this right -> allowed for the continued cheapness of keeping up plantations which continued to be main revenue resources |
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| Ability to Promote the General Accumulation Process |
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| credit, banks, and other institutions that ensure that wealth is maintained even during low accumulation periods |
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| territory; population; sovereignty; power, law, state as nation; state as international actor; state as idea; state as theatre; state as person |
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| Attributes of the Colonial State |
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| absence of sovereignty (how much is controlled by colonizer vs. colonized); undeveloped idea of a nation (no self-determination); no external presence (excluded from foreign affairs); exhibited a high degree of hegemony and was autonomous |
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