Disclaimer about Wikipedia: it often has a liberal bias in the way it portrays things, but offers a good starting point to get acquainted with a topic.
In more general terms: it boils down to outsourcing based on globalisation, unequal “trade agreements” and “resource/mineral rights” and the shit France is still pulling with their
However you should keep in mind the following: the era of classic colonialism (and imperialism to an extent) is largely over, replaced with their globalised neo- counterparts. Officially the countries are independent, but the old dynamics have only been renewed and hid a bit better.
I can give a few things to get you started.
Exemplary keywords (off the top of my head):
Disclaimer about Wikipedia: it often has a liberal bias in the way it portrays things, but offers a good starting point to get acquainted with a topic.
In more general terms: it boils down to outsourcing based on globalisation, unequal “trade agreements” and “resource/mineral rights” and the shit France is still pulling with their
However you should keep in mind the following: the era of classic colonialism (and imperialism to an extent) is largely over, replaced with their globalised neo- counterparts. Officially the countries are independent, but the old dynamics have only been renewed and hid a bit better.
Here is a longer article by Monthly review:
That might be a good read (I don’t have the time to read it right now, but skimming it, it seems solid)