The main topics in question is whether worldwide decolonization after 1945 resolved or caused more problems. I will examine the advantages and disadvantages of decolonization after 1945 and use my researched knowledge and opinion to discover if it actually did create more problems than it solved. Just to clarify decolonization is considered a process of getting rid of colonization, or freeing a country from being dependent of another country. This means a country that was previously controlled or owned by another country other wise known as a colony formally becomes politically independent. For example, India become independent from England after World War II which is decolonization. In this essay I will outline how in my opinion decolonization failed on a structural level and did in fact create more problems than it solved.
There was an obvious abundance of decolonization post World War II and although in most cases this was quite abrupt it didn't all happen in one process. In some parts of the world it was peaceful and orderly …show more content…
The colonization of Africa was particularly remarkable. African leaders expanded its political power under European rule. In the many years that followed independence, they endeavored to shape the political, cultural and economic characteristics of the postcolonial state. Some struggled to work with and apposed the challenges of continued European cultural and political control, while others worked with European authorities in order to protect their interests and retain control over economic and political resources. Decolonization was then a process as well as a historical period. Colonies began to fall to pieces across the globe for a number of different reasons after WWII. Many countries strived for independence from their previous colonizers. They soon started to notice that colonial powers were no longer secure which happened at a quick
There was an obvious abundance of decolonization post World War II and although in most cases this was quite abrupt it didn't all happen in one process. In some parts of the world it was peaceful and orderly …show more content…
The colonization of Africa was particularly remarkable. African leaders expanded its political power under European rule. In the many years that followed independence, they endeavored to shape the political, cultural and economic characteristics of the postcolonial state. Some struggled to work with and apposed the challenges of continued European cultural and political control, while others worked with European authorities in order to protect their interests and retain control over economic and political resources. Decolonization was then a process as well as a historical period. Colonies began to fall to pieces across the globe for a number of different reasons after WWII. Many countries strived for independence from their previous colonizers. They soon started to notice that colonial powers were no longer secure which happened at a quick