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Direct colonial rule is a form of
colonialism Colonialism is a practice or policy of control by one people or power over other people or areas, often by establishing colonies and generally with the aim of economic dominance. In the process of colonisation, colonisers may impose their reli ...
that involves the establishment of a centralized foreign authority within a territory, which is run by colonial officials. According to
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of
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, in a system of direct rule, the native population is excluded from all but the lowest level of the colonial government.
Ugandan }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The souther ...
academic
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classifies direct rule as centralized despotism: a system where natives were not considered citizens. The opposite of direct colonial rule is
indirect rule Indirect rule was a system of governance used by the British and others to control parts of their colonial empires, particularly in Africa and Asia, which was done through pre-existing indigenous power structures. Indirect rule was used by vario ...
, which integrates pre-established local elites and native institutions into the government.


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Analysis of Western European colonialism and colonization European colonialism and colonization was the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over other societies and territories, founding a colony, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically. For example, colo ...
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Environmental determinism Environmental determinism (also known as climatic determinism or geographical determinism) is the study of how the physical environment predisposes societies and states towards particular development trajectories. Jared Diamond, Jeffrey Herbst ...


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