The conceptualization of politics as a manifestation of power constitutes one of the most enduring and analytically generative frameworks in political theory and empirical political science. By foregrounding power as the foundational element of political life, this approach moves beyond formal institutionalism or normative idealism and instead seeks to understand politics as a dynamic process … Continue reading How does the conceptualization of politics as a manifestation of power contribute to the theoretical and empirical understanding of political processes and institutions?
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Critically assess Hamza Alavi’s conceptualisation of the “overdeveloped state” in post-colonial societies, with particular reference to its structural features, historical genesis, and implications for class domination and state autonomy.
Hamza Alavi’s influential theory of the “overdeveloped state” constitutes a critical intervention within Marxist and post-colonial political theory. Formulated in the 1970s as part of a broader debate on the nature of the post-colonial state, particularly in South Asia and Africa, Alavi's argument sought to grapple with the structural peculiarities of state formation in newly … Continue reading Critically assess Hamza Alavi’s conceptualisation of the “overdeveloped state” in post-colonial societies, with particular reference to its structural features, historical genesis, and implications for class domination and state autonomy.