Villagization
Villagization (sometimes also spelled villagisation) is the usually compulsory resettlement of people into designated villages by government or military authorities.
Security
Villagization may be used as a tactic by a government or military power to facilitate control over a previously scattered rural population believed to harbour disloyal or rebel elements. Examples include
New Villages programme to defeat communist insurgents during the Malayan Emergency, the U.S. "Strategic Hamlet Program" in the Vietnam War and the "protected villages" strategy adopted by Rhodesia,[1] Mozambique, and Uganda
in combating modern insurgencies.
The British authorities in
Mau Mau Uprising, which in turn inspired the "Manyatta" strategy of independent Kenya against ethnic Somalis during the Shifta War
. However, forced resettlement may sometimes be counter-productive where it increases resentment among an already restive population against the ruling regime.
Economic
Villagization may also be used as part of a programme of
Mengistu
's administration.
See also
- Reductions - villagisation by Spain in Latin America, the Philippines, and the Mariana Islands
- Villagization (Ethiopia)
References
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