“It is not only Indian sensitivity that has led to the dropping of the adjective “British”. For many years there was opposition to it in Canada, South Africa and the Irish state- in fact, in all those Commonwealth countries in which the population was either not prominently British in origin or not in favour of stressing the imperial connection.”
-JDB Miller
British’s scheme of colonization which started from 16th century till the mid-20th century, has led to a lot of management at the same time mis-management in the international world system. ‘Mismanagement’ because of the social and cultural chaos during that time by the British colonizershas put a lot of impact on all the colonized states as well as non-colonized states. …show more content…
The first state which English colonized was North America in 17th century. Slowly, British spread hands to other raw material providing states. This process of British colonization was also termed as Imperialism. With imperialism, British expanded their empire in the direction of east as well as west. Till 1940s, the British ruled in almost half of the world. All the colonies were used as market for sucking raw material and disposing of the finished …show more content…
All these sovereign nation states started adopted different kinds of governing systems (democracy or autocracy). Gradually, the interdependencies between the states stared increasing through trade, commerce and social interactions. These interdependencies can be seen even today among the member nations. Since 1945, trade and economic goods exchange between the states has increased with a fast pace. It is important to understand as to why countries engage in such interdependencies. The dominant nature of British proved to be very impactful on the history of world systems. Dominion status, which allowed self-government and extensive independence in foreign affairs, fundamentally changed the relationship between colony and imperial power. It was perhaps in this spirit that British politician Lord Rosebery, visiting Adelaide in Australia in 1884, called the empire ‘a common wealth of nations’ .
RESEARCH QUESTION:
In parlance with the issues and facts raised in the introduction, the researcher now intends to understand the basic objectives and questions which will be answered in subsequent sections of the research project which can be formulates as follows:
1. What are the reasons of nation states being engaged in various types of interdependencies with each another?(Interdependencies