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Accepted Paper:
Urban elites and economic dependence in the Republic of Sudan
Alfredo Langa Herrero
(ASH Berlin)
Paper short abstract:
This article analyzes the role and evolution of the Sudanese urban elites as a significant aspect of the economic dependence of the Republic of Sudan since its political independence.
Paper long abstract:
The Republic of Sudan has been an economically dependent country since its political independence. Different metropoles have exploited its resources, conditioned parts of the national economy, and influenced the decision-making processes of the local urban elites. Such dependence has maintained a dual character. In the North, an export economy ruled by urban elites and connected with international markets has coexisted with a traditional sector based on subsistence economies. In the South, the economy, in contrast, has relied solely on pre-capitalist activities and has been subordinated to northern rural elites.
This article studies the evolution and role of the different urban elites that have ruled Sudan as an important aspect in order to explain economic dependence as well as armed conflicts and repression. Dependence is regarded as an important feature of the complexity of the Sudanese conflict scenario and a characteristic of its urban elites. Therefore, dependence has crystallized as an essential face of the exercise of hegemony by the urban elites in order to understand the widespread underdevelopment and food insecurity across most of the Sudanese regions.
Conflict Over Natural Resources and Food (In)Security: How do conflicts influence urban food-provision?
Session 1