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ANY CONSIDERATION OF THE PROCESS OF DECOLONISATION MUST BE PRIMARILY CONCERNED WITH THE QUESTION OF TO WHOM POWER WAS TRANSFERRED. WHO INHERITED THE COLONIAL STATE AND HOW DID THEY ESTABLISH THEIR CLAIM? THE BASIC THESIS OF THIS ARTICLE IS THAT IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THE POST-COLONIAL STATE IN SWAZILAND IT IS NECESSARY TO LOOK BACK AT LEAST AS FAR AS THE 1930S, AND TO TRACE THE ROOTS OF SWAZI 'TRADITIONALISM', THE IDEOLOGY WHICH TRIUMPHED OVER COMPETING FORMS OF AFRICAN NATIONALISM DURING THE 1960S. IN ORDER TO COMPREHEND SWAZI 'TRADITIONALISM', IT IS ESSENTIAL TO DISTINGUISH IT FROM 'CONSERVATISM', RESISTANCE TO CHANGE, THE PRESERVATION OF OLD CUSTOMS AND WAYS OF DOING THINGS. OF COURSE, 'TRADITIONALISM' MAY AT TIMES BE CONSERVATIVE IN THE LATTER SENSE, BUT IT MAY ALSO BE, AND OFTEN IS, INNOVATIVE AND DYNAMIC. DURING THE 1920S AND 1930S 'TRADITIONALISM' BEGAN TO EMERGE IN SWAZILAND AS AN IDEOLOGY WHICH SOUGHT TO MAKE SENSE OUT OF DISLOCATION, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME LEGITIMATING THE POSITION OF AN ELITE WHICH WAS SEEKING TO PRESERVE - OR, RATHER, TO RESTORE - ITS POSITION IN VERY ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES.

IF EACH LEGISLATOR WISHES TO ENCOURAGE OTHER LEGISLATORS TO ADDRESS NEW PROBLEMS IN FUTURE PERIODS, THEN A SUBGAME PERFECT NASH EQUILIBRIUM CAN EXIST WITH THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES: NO LEGISLATOR FINDS IT WORTHWHILE TO MAKE A NARROW PROPOSAL THAT APPEALS TO A MINIMUM MAJORITY; INSTEAD, LEGISLATORS PROPOSE POLICIES THAT APPEAL TO ALL MEMBERS, NOT FOR FEAR OF RETALIATION, BUT RATHER TO ENCOURAGE OTHER MEMBERS TO WORK ON NEW PROBLEMS IN SUCCEEDING PERIODS; IN SUCCEEDING PERIODS NO LEGISLATOR AMENDS THE EXISTING BROAD POLICY. THIS ARTICLE FINDS AN EQUILIBRIUM WITH THESE PROPERTIES IN FINITE AS WELL AS INFINITE PERIOD GAMES.