Economic imperialism

Abuse of economic power by one or more states in order to place other nations in a subordinate or client position constitutes economic imperialism. This abuse can take the form of effective foreign control of a nation's economy leaving the appearance but not the reality of sovereignty, for the dependent country.

Economic imperialism, in varying degrees, describes the relation of North to South, but it is also seen in some North-North and South-South contexts.

1. Military and economic hegemony
2. Imperialism
3. Economic dictatorship
4. Colonialism

1. International aid paternalism
2. Economically controlled political power
3. Domination of countries by transnational corporations
4. Communist economic imperialism
5. Capitalist economic imperialism

1. Vulnerability of small nations to foreign intervention
2. Underdevelopment of countries
3. Lack of political independence
4. Inadequate political parties
5. Guerrilla warfare
6. Foreign controls of newspaper and journal propaganda
7. Economic repression
8. Cultural invasion

1. Self-interested government foreign policies
2. Economic non-viability of small countries
3. Economic dependence
4. Dependence on external resources

1. Economic intimidation

1. Employing economic imperialism

1. Uneconomic
2. Independence
3. Imperialism
4. Dependence