词汇 | indirect-rule |
释义 | BETA indirect rulecollocation in Englishmeanings of indirectand ruleThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. indirect adjective uk /ˌɪn.daɪˈrekt/ us /ˌɪn.dɪˈrekt/ happening in addition to an intended result, often in a way that is complicated or ... See more at indirect rule noun uk /ruːl/ us /ruːl/ an accepted principle or instruction that states the way things are or should be done, and tells you what you are allowed or are not allowed ... See more at rule Examples of indirect ruleindirect rule Instead, resettlement was to take place through the established hierarchy of indirectrule, via chiefs and headmen. Consequently, resolution of a fractious stool dispute was made secondary to implementing an indirectrule experiment and capitalizing on burgeoning cocoa production. Indirectrule was premised on the existence of culturally homogeneous, territorial tribes ruled by chiefs. This makes it easy for commanding officers to manipulate administrators and elders, as well as to exercise a sort of indirectrule over local communities. Indirectrule thus offered a contradiction in terms. Such struggles over the principle of succession were hardly unique in the contested politics of indirectrule. Brahminical values could redefine and enforce themselves within modern administrative codes under indirectrule. Nor did the government's policy of indirectrule offer any way of resolving such disputes. In effect, it was a compromise between direct and indirectrule. At this time the feasibility of ' indirectrule ' was still a matter of faith for the administration. A distinction between direct and indirectrule will help illustrate this argument. Conversely, if the logic of indirectrule drew customary rulers into the colonial order, the same logic drew the administration into the customary order. Geographical mapping could not usurp systems of governance and indirectrule. This paper aims to demonstrate how the two concepts worked together during the period of indirectrule. We have known for some time that tribal histories were not ' invented ' during the indirectrule era alone. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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