Neocolonialism 

is the practice of using economic imperialism, globalisation, cultural

imperialism and conditional aid to influence a developing country instead of the previous colonial
methods of direct military control or indirect political control (hegemony). Neocolonialism differs
from standard globalisation and development aid in that it typically results in a relationship of
dependence, subservience, or financial obligation towards the neocolonialist nation. This may
result in an undue degree of political control [1] or spiraling debt obligations,[2] functionally imitating
the relationship of traditional colonialism. Neocolonialism frequently affects all levels of society,
creating neo-colonial systems that disadvantage local communities, such as neo-colonial
science.
Coined by the French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre in 1956,[3][4] it was first used by Kwame
Nkrumah in the context of African countries undergoing decolonisation in the 1960s.
Neocolonialism is also discussed in the works of Western thinkers such as Sartre (Colonialism
and Neocolonialism, 1964)[5] and Noam Chomsky (The Washington Connection and Third World
Fascism, 1979).[6]

Contents

 1Term

o 1.1Origins

o 1.2Non-aligned world

o 1.3Françafrique

o 1.4Belgian Congo

 2Neocolonial economic dominance

o 2.1Dependency theory

o 2.2Cold War

o 2.3Multinational corporations

o 2.4International borrowing

o 2.5Conservation and neocolonialism

o 2.6Science

 3United States

o 3.1US "Benevolent" imperialism

o 3.2US foreign policy and the CIA

o 3.3Regime change

o 3.4Support of dictatorships and state terrorism

 o 3.5U.S. military bases

 4Other countries and entities

o 4.1Catholic Church

o 4.2China

o 4.3Niue

o 4.4South Korean land acquisitions

 5Cultural approaches

o 5.1Coloniality

o 5.2Cultural theory

 5.2.1Postcolonialism

o 5.3Critical theory

 6See also

 7References

o 7.1Further reading

 8External links

o 8.1Academic course materials