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- Are you confused by academic jargon? - Do you know your `discourse' from your `dialectic'? - Can you tell the difference between `anomie' and `alienation'? The Social Science Jargon Buster tackles the most confusing concepts in the social sciences, brea
Colonization
Colonization
Core definition
The practice of dominant nations establishing economic and political infrastructure in foreign territories through settlement. Often follows armed conflict and results in a fundamental (and often legal) distinction between settlers and indigenous populations.
Longer explanation
Rich, fertile, faraway lands bursting with natural resources. Occupied? Not ...
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