divide and rule
A political strategy to gain or retain power by cultivating disunity among potential opponents, often by co-opting some individuals and groups while excluding others. Although in principle divide and rule politics may refer to the manipulation of a range of different identities, including class, in the African context the phrase is typically used when referring to the management of ... ...
Access to the complete content on Oxford Reference requires a subscription or purchase. Public users are able to search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter without a subscription.
Please subscribe or login to access full text content.
If you have purchased a print title that contains an access token, please see the token for information about how to register your code.
For questions on access or troubleshooting, please check our FAQs, and if you can''t find the answer there, please contact us.
