Hickel’s Concept of Neocolonialism Essay

• Global neocolonialism – the current trend of globalization and the practice of global imperialism.
• Hickel: the causal relationship of the rise of neocolonialism;
• The world’s colonial system destroyed;
• No counterweight in the face of the USSR, the West began to create a system of global neocolonialism;
• Means of formation: global war.

Similarities Between Neocolonialism and Colonialism

The profound essence of the relationship between the mother country and the colony.

Global control by the mother country.

Colonies/neo-colonies:

• loss of political sovereignty;
• decrease in population;
• reduction in defense capability;
• dominance of alien mass culture;
• lack of science and technology;
• low life expectancy;
• inhabitants tend to emigrate;
• low quality of life;
• products made by simplified standards;
• low level of health care;
• political decisions made in the interests of the mother country;
• intellectual and raw materials siphoned off.

Differences Between Neocolonialism and Colonialism

1. Governed by representatives of the indigenous nation, who make up the ruling elite of the neo-colonies, but in the interests of the mother country.
2. Equally effective economic management through international organizations and transnational corporations.
3. A single metropolis is formed, which manages all neo-colonies.
4. Under colonialism: rigid and linear management.

Reference

Hickel, J. (2017). The divide: A brief guide to global inequality and its solutions. From colonialism to the coup (pp. 87-116). Heinemann.