Colonialism
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Definition
Colonialisme represents the imposition of political control through conquest and territorial expansion over people and places located at a distance from the metropolitan tower (Gregory, 2000, p. 171)
Charateristics
- There is a implanting of settlements in a distant territory;
- In the colonisation process people, goods, and captial are moved from the metropolitian centre to the colony;
- There is a uneven system of power and dependence between the centre and the colony;
- A direct imposement of the rules of the centre through the settlement;
- People on the colony are seen as subordinates;
- The territory of the colony is seen as an area for exploitation.
References
- Gregory, D. (2000) Decolonising Geography: Postcolonial Perspectives Chapter 5. In: Blunt, A. & Willis J. (eds), Dissident Geographies: An introduction to radical Ideas and Practice, Prentice Hall, London
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