Colonialism and Postcolonial Development Cambridge University Press critic

Document Type:Thesis

Subject Area:Computer Science

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The native way of living, organizational structure and leadership of these territories was altered and the European way of living imposed on them. As a result of this alteration, according to Mahoney, the present international system and global hierarchy of wealth and poverty was formed. Mahoney analysis colonized countries post colonial development comparatively but focuses mainly on Spanish America countries. The author analyses 15 countries of Latin America that were colonized by Spain. the main aim of the analysis is to understand the big difference in their levels of social economic development in the post colonial period. In critical analysis as the author tries to do away with the institutions notion and base on levels of colonialism, I believe that the institutions still plays the larger part in the underdevelopment variance.

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