Abstract
Colonization in the traditional sense of implanting a civilian population and establishing settlements in an occupied territory has, with few historical exceptions, taken place in distant lands. The “mother” country encourages its citizens to settle these lands as a means of ensuring long-term territorial control. Colonizing populations gradually take over local rule, supporting the mother country by transforming direct military domination into a quasi-civilian form of administration, albeit backed by a strong military presence. Traditional colonization of this kind also results in the creation of first and second class societies, with the settlers enjoying full legal and economic rights, while the local, indigenous populations (if they have not been subject to genocide) are bound to subsistence economies and barred from major positions of power.
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Newman, D. (2006). Colonization as Suburbanization. In: Misselwitz, P., Rieniets, T., Efrat, Z., Khamaisi, R., Nasrallah, R. (eds) City of Collision. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7643-7868-9_6
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