0 the process in which a country that was previously a colony (= controlled by another country) becomes politically independent
1 the release of one country or territory from political control by another country
In the absence of antibiotic exposure, natural decolonization occurs after a time 1/l.
Many colonial buildings survived decolonization and have now been restored.
The dialectic of decolonization and globalization creates dilemmas in planning education and acquisition for many of these countries.
He indicates, however, that traditional historians of empire and decolonization often ignore or appear to be ignorant of postcolonial studies.
These are authoritative chapters on the political implications of the contentious constitutional questions of the decolonization process and the transfer of power.
After decolonization the search for a balance between regional\ethnic tendencies and increasingly centralized state politics took on extremely violent proportions.
The author's comprehensive and judicious use of source materials makes this study a model for future scholars of decolonization.
Until the mid-1980s at least, the period of decolonization had to be more or less omitted in public debates.
