SOCIAL SCIENCE / Decolonization *

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undoing political, economic and cultural legacies of colonisation

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Decolonization is the ending of colonialism, the latter being the process whereby imperial nations establish and dominate foreign territories, often overseas. The meanings and applications of the term are disputed. Some scholars of decolonization focus especially on independence movements in the colonies and the collapse of global colonial empires.