- Most successful form of ‘native policy’ was in Dominions, essentially independent and used for preservation of global power.
- Idea that local elites used to facilitate British rule and uphold British interests. Those who supported British were given administrative positions, positions of power or material reward or sometimes even put in power, i.e. Sultan Hamad in Zanzibar.
- ‘Native policy’ also often involved favouring one group against another. British East Africa for example, Masai were favoured and rewarded with cattle and tokens of office. Buganda’s king maintain autonomy and chiefs were given land as reward for loyalty.
Cheap, maintained existing power structures and legitimised British authority