Arbitrary borders and divide-and-rule tactics employed by colonial rulers contributed to ethnic conflict and political instability in many post-colonial states. These effects still undermine governance and peace.
Read more in this JSTOR study.
Arbitrary borders and divide-and-rule tactics employed by colonial rulers contributed to ethnic conflict and political instability in many post-colonial states. These effects still undermine governance and peace.
Read more in this JSTOR study.
While colonial structures were flawed, many postcolonial nations have had decades to modify or replace them. Blaming contemporary instability solely on colonialism overlooks domestic political agency.
Colonialism inadvertently unified diverse groups under a single administrative structure, laying the groundwork for nation-state development in regions that lacked centralized governance prior to colonization.
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