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The ongoing, intensifying phase of colonialism that operates through economic conditionalities, development frameworks, and the imposition of Western legal and financial systems. Late‑stage colonialism does not need settlers; it needs structural adjustment programmes, arbitration courts controlled by Western firms, and certification schemes that privilege Northern standards. It is colonialism as a permanent state of exception, maintained not by armies but by contracts and prestige.
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