Neocolonialism is the practice of using capitalism, globalization, and cultural forces to control a country (usually former European colonies

in Africa or Asia) in lieu of direct military or political control. Such control can be economic, cultural, or linguistic; by promoting one's own culture, language or media in th e colony, corporations embedded in that culture can then make greater headway in opening the markets in those countries. Thus, neocolonialism would be the resul t of business interests leading to deleterious cultural effects.[citation needed ] The term "neocolonialism" was first coined by Kwame Nkrumah, the first post-inde pendence president of Ghana, and has been discussed by a number of twentieth cen tury scholars and philosophers, including Jean-Paul Sartre[1] and Noam Chomsky.[ 2] "Neocolonialism" is a term used by post-colonial critics of developed countries' involvement in the developing world. Writings within the theoretical framework of neocolonialism argue that existing or past international economic arrangement s created by former colonial powers were or are used to maintain control of thei r former colonies and dependencies after the colonial independence movements of the post World War II period. The term neocolonialism can combine a critique of curr ent actual colonialism (where some states continue administrating foreign territ ories and their populations in violation of United Nations resolutions[3]) and a critique of the involvement of modern capitalist businesses in nations which we re former colonies. Critics adherent to neocolonialism contend that multinationa l corporations continue to exploit the resources of post-colonial states, and th at this economic control inherent to neocolonialism is akin to the classical, Eu ropean colonialism practiced from the 16th to the 20th centuries. In broader usa ge, neocolonialism may simply refer to the involvement of powerful countries in the affairs of less powerful countries; this is especially relevant in modern La tin America. In this sense, neocolonialism implies a form of contemporary "econo mic imperialism": that powerful nations behave like colonial powers of imperiali sm, and that this behavior is likened to colonialism in a post-colonial world.[c itation needed]