scholarly journals Post-Colonial Institutions in Central America

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Fogarty
Urban History ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 664-685 ◽  
Author(s):  
TIM LIVSEY

ABSTRACTThis article argues that development and modernity have had spatial manifestations. It considers understandings of modern space in colonial and post-colonial Nigeria through the study of University College Ibadan, the country's first university institution founded in 1948. It contends that the university was shaped by existing West African conceptions of modern space and university buildings took on new meanings with the shifting politics of decolonization. The article also suggests that colonial development involved a range of groups and forms of knowledge. It seeks to recognize the strength of colonial institutions and cultures but also the limits to and contingencies in late colonial power.


Lankesteriana ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Ossenbach ◽  
Franco Pupulin ◽  
Rudolf Jenny

Endrés, como fue conocido hasta que investigaciones recientes revelaron gran parte de sus datos biográficos relevantes, fue el más importante colector de orquídeas que jamás visitó Costa Rica. Además de recolectar los especímenes tipo de casi un centenar de nuevas especies de orquídeas, Endrés descubrió, describió e ilustró miles de plantas de orquídeas, muchas de ellas aún sin describir a la época de sus hallazgos. Uno de los rasgos sobresalientes de las colecciones llevadas a cabo por Endrés en la Costa Rica post-colonial del siglo diecinueve es su impresionante conocimiento del país, en términos de cobertura geográfica, que en muchos casos se extiende más allá de los límites de los territorios ya explorados en estos entonces. El presente trabajo presenta por vez primera los datos biográficos más importantes de Endrés y de su trabajo orquidológico en América Central. Se resaltan las rutas exploratorias más relevantes realizadas por Endrés, explicándolas en el marco de la geografía social de su época y se presenta un catálogo completo de las localidades en las que realizó sus colectas, referenciándolas con coordenadas geográficas modernas. 


2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaun Larcom

AbstractThis article investigates the impact of non-state legal institutions on crime by exploiting differences in pre-colonial legal institutions. In relation to criminal law, it is suggested that colonisation can be best characterised as the imposition of almost identical criminal law on a diverse set of pre-existing legal institutions; in this sense, this analysis inverts the legal origins and institutions literature. Given that remnants of pre-colonial institutions persist, it is suggested that the type of pre-colonial legal institution should have a direct effect on state crime control and the crime rate. This is so, as societies that were relatively stateless prior to colonisation are more likely to have high magnitude non-state sanctions that can act as substitutes for state punishments, but the presence of such non-state legal institutions also reduces the productivity of state enforcement, contributing to an overall increase in crime. This is tested using a measure for pre-colonial institutions on a dataset of 86 post-colonial states. Private enforcement of high magnitude punishments, despite the deterrent effect, results in a net increase in crime.


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