HIST 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Quasi, British Asian, Indirect Rule
Document Summary
The predominant perspective of the colonials circa the second half of the 19th century viewed that the move to colonize other nations as economically strategic. However, this view gradually changed and was completely replaced when the colonials who were primarily the. British, the americans and the french started to decolonize their colonies in africa and asia during the post-world war ii period. These newly liberated colonies are what being defined as quasi-states. These states are usually politically unstable because the systems deprive the people from having the ability to increase their standard of living such as low wage, low standard of labor and low education. The political instability is largely contributed by the weak institutionalization. As a result, inequality emerges in this country which then leads to social unrest. Despite achieving the status of a sovereign country, these quasi-states in reality are not independent, particularly in terms of economy.
