Lesson 10 - Post Colonialism Flashcards
1960s
Wind of Change
Colonial independence
New nation states
1960 - ‘Year of Africa’
UN growth post WW2
1945 - 51 Members
Late 1960s - 120 members
Main causes of decolonisation
Post industrial Europe
Ethical concerns
IGO intervention
Post colonial conflicts
Rwandan genocide
South Sudan
Vietnam War
South Sudan
Newest country
2011 independence
2013 civil war
Between 60 major ethnic groups
Post colonial migraiton
Strong push factors
Conflict, governance, economy
Imperial nations boomed - Pull
NIEO
1964
UN Conference
New International Economic Order
NIEO policy developing countries
Social + economic freedoms
Control TNCs, stable prices, free legislation
NEIO failure
Opposed by several superpowers
Inequalities continue