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Economic imperialism

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Name(s):

Dependence on economic imperialism

Nature

Abuse of economic power by one or more states in order to place other nations in a subordinate or client position constitutes economic imperialism. This abuse can take the form of effective foreign control of a nation's economy leaving the appearance but not the reality of sovereignty, for the dependent country.

Incidence

Economic imperialism, in varying degrees, describes the relation of North to South, but it is also seen in some North-North and South-South contexts.

Broader

Imperialism

Economic dictatorship

Military and economic hegemony

Narrower

International aid paternalism

Communist economic imperialism

Capitalist economic imperialism

Economically controlled political power

Domination of countries by transnational corporations

Aggravates

Cultural invasion ^{[in 7 loops]}

Guerrilla warfare

Economic repression ^{[in 1 loop]}

Cultural fragmentation ^{[in 3 loops]}

Inadequate political parties ^{[in 6 loops]}

Underdevelopment of countries ^{[in 5 loops]}

Lack of political independence

Foreign controls of newspaper and journal propaganda ^{[in 1 loop]}

Vulnerability of small nations to foreign intervention ^{[in 3 loops]}

Aggravated by

Economic dependence

Dependence on external resources

Economic non-viability of small countries

Self-interested government foreign policies

Strategy(ies)

Employing economic imperialism

Value(s)

Type

(C) Cross-sectoral problems

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