Internal colonialism 1745301 226180735 2008-07-17T05:14:13Z SJL 1262413 Quick-adding category "Concepts (nationalism studies)" (using [[WP:HOTCAT|HotCat]]) '''Internal Colonialism''' refers to [[political]] and [[economic]] inequalities between regions within a single society. The term may be used to describe the uneven effects of state development on a regional basis and to describe the exploitation of minority groups within the wider society. The relationship between colonizer and colony is similarly unequal and exploitative in [[colonialism]] and internal colonialism. An internal colony typically produces wealth for the benefit of those areas most closely associated with the state, usually the capital area. The members of the internal colonies are distinguished as different by a cultural variable such as ethnicity, language, or religion. They are then excluded from prestigious social and political positions, which are dominated by members of the [[metropolis]] (Abercrombie et al., 2000:183). The main difference between [[neocolonialism]] and internal colonialism is the source of exploitation. In the former, the control comes from outside the nation-state, while in the latter it comes from within. One of the pivotal publications on the subject is Michael Hechter's ''Internal Colonialism: The Celtic Fringe in British National Development'' (1975). ==See also== * [[Dependency Theory]] * [[Immanuel Wallerstein]] * [[Institutional discrimination]] ==References== * Abercrombie, Nicholas, Stephan Hill, Bryan S. Turner (2000). ''The Penguin Dictionary of Sociology''. 4th edition. London: Penguin Books. ==External links== *[[David Walls (academic)|David Walls]], [http://www.sonoma.edu/users/w/wallsd/internal-colony.shtml Central Appalachia: Internal Colony or Internal Periphery?] [[Category:social history]] [[Category:Concepts (nationalism studies)]] {{socio-stub}}