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Compare explanations, find differences and similarities and most importantly the
limits of each concept.
Colonialism
The establishment, exploitation, maint enance, acquisition and expansion of territories
(or colonies) in one geographic area by people from another area
Age of Discovery
A period in history starting in the early 15th century and continuing into the early 17th
century during which Europeans engaged in intensive exploration of the world,
establishing direct contact with Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania and mapping the
planet.
Decolonization
The freeing of a colony or territory from dependent status by granting it sovereignty. In
some areas decolonization took place after the First and Second World Wars as former
colonies established independence from colonial powers.
Neocolonialism
It refers to the unequal economic and power relations that currently exist between
former colonies and former colonizing nations.
Dependency theory
It argues that countries have developed at an uneven rate because wealthy countries
have exploited poor countries in the past through colonialism and today through foreign
debt and trade.
World-systems theory
it splits the world economic system into core, peripheral, and semi-peripheral countries.
Retrived from:
Atlas of colonialism
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Atlas_of_colonialism
Books (Ebook Central)
Query words: World-System theory, Dependency theory, Neocolonialism
1. Wallerstein, I. (2004). Modern World-System in the Longue Duree. UK: Taylor and
Francis.
2. Mrquez, I. (2008). Contemporary Latin American Social and Political Thought: An
Anthology. USA: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
3. Mielants, E.H. (2008).The Origins of Capitalism and the "Rise of the West". USA:
Temple University Press.