Imperialism studies

founding leader of the Soviet Union (1870–1924)

Ghanaian politician (1909–1972)

country with a developed industry and infrastructure

nation with a low living standard relative to other countries

Russian revolutionary and politician (1888–1938)

category of countries on socio economic base

political science term for a politically unstable country

Neocolonialism is the control by a state (usually, a former colonial power) over another nominally independent state (usually, a former colony) through indirect means. The term neocolonialism was first used after World War II to refer to the continuing dependence of former colonies on foreign countries, but its meaning soon broadened to apply, more generally, to places where the power of developed countries was used to produce a colonial-like control. Some scholars have argued that neocolonialism operates through global economic governance, including international financial institutions and tr

conceptual country classification

American sociologist and economic historian (1930–2019)

Italian political philosopher (1933–2023)

geopolitical classification

Egyptian-French economist and political theorist (1931-2018)

Neo-Marxism is a collection of Marxist schools of thought originating from 20th-century approaches to amend or extend Marxism and Marxist theory, typically by incorporating elements from other intellectual traditions such as critical theory, psychoanalysis, or existentialism. Neo-Marxism comes under the broader framework of the New Left. In a sociological sense, neo-Marxism adds Max Weber's broader understanding of social inequality, such as status and power, to Marxist philosophy.

socio-economic and political divide

notion that resources flow from a periphery of poor underdeveloped states to a core of wealthy states; contends that poor states are impoverished and rich ones enriched by the way poor states are integrated into the world system

multidisciplinary, macro-scale approach to world history and social change that stresses that the world-system should be the primary unit of social analysis

English economist, social scientist and critic of imperialism (1858-1940)

Soviet politician (1892-1940)

German-American economic historian and sociologist who promoted dependency theory after 1970 and world-systems theory after 1984 (1929–2005)

extension of the three-world model

Belgian economist and Marxist philosopher (1923–1995)

book by Vladimir Lenin

economical concept

Guyanese Marxist, Pan-Afrianist, and historian (1942-1980)

American philosopher (born 1960)

American economist (1910–2004)

Italian economist and sociologist (1937-2009)

Sociology professor and Marxist writer

American Marxist economist (1909–1964)

Maoist interpretation and formulation of international relations

thumb|500x500px|The "three worlds" of the Cold War era, as of the period between 30 April and 24 June 1975. Neutral and non-aligned countries shown in grey.

governments that engage in imperialism meant to preserve the domestic social peace

1971 essay by Eduardo Galeano

Marxian theory of causes and consequences of the tendency for the rate of profit to fall in a capitalist system

term, in the Russian-speaking world, referring to the relatively wealthy people in industrially developed nations, or the West

American historian

book by Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt

French historian and economist (1913-2006)

country with a less developed economy than semi-periphery and core countries

Economic conjecture

industrialized capitalist countries

spheres of influence of an empire arising without formal annexation

Neo-Gramscianism is a critical theory approach to the study of international relations (IR) and the global political economy (GPE) that explores the interface of ideas, institutions and material capabilities as they shape the specific contours of the state formation. The theory is heavily influenced by the writings of Antonio Gramsci. Neo-Gramscianism analyzes how the particular constellation of social forces, the state and the dominant ideational configuration define and sustain world orders. In this sense, the neo-Gramscian approach breaks the decades-old stalemate between the realist school

form of illegal capital flight

industrializing countries which are positioned between the periphery and core countries

1913 economics book by Rosa Luxemburg

inequality between nations' wealth

neologism that means disproportionately affected groups and territories

book by Paul A. Baran and Paul Sweezy

variant of the ideology striving for social justice, common in countries that were not part of either the Western or Eastern camps during the Cold War

Lumpenbourgeoisie is a term used in colonial sociology to describe members of the middle class and upper class (merchants, lawyers, industrialists, etc.) who have little collective self-awareness or economic base and who support the colonial masters. It is often attributed to Andre Gunder Frank in 1972, although the term is already present in several texts by Lukács (1943), Koestler (1945), C. Wright Mills (1951) and also in Paul Baran's The Political Economy of Growth (1957). Nonetheless, the term was popularized by Frank's book Lumpenbourgeoisie and Lumpendevelopment: Dependency, Class and P

Ultra-imperialism (occasionally hyperimperialism and formerly super-imperialism) is a potential, comparatively peaceful phase of capitalism, meaning after or beyond imperialism. It was described mainly by Karl Kautsky. Post-imperialism is sometimes used as a synonym of ultra-imperialism, although it can have distinct meanings.

Japanese economist

theory

Canadian economist (1934–1974)

1995 non-fiction work by William Blum

Franco-Greek economist

theory of capitalism and globalization