Question 1

This form of government was the general political strategy utilized to manage political groups and interests in the newly decolonized African states. Management of in-group and out-groups was orchestrated by positioning relatives or member of one's ethnic group in government. The state effectively became an extension of a rulers household. Land, position, and power (cooptation and inducements) were given inexchange for loyalty and allegience. This political strategy...

• is called nepotism.
• is called neopatrimonialism, a hybrid of the patrimonial and legal-rational state.
• a client-patron limited democracy.