A strong national bourgeoisie made decolonization quicker and smoother

Evidence

On the whole, decolonization came more quickly and more smoothly where the national bourgeoisie was firmly in the saddle, and the process was sometimes speeded up where there was even the prospect of further radicalization. — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 139

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Postcolonial national bourgeoisies consolidated while nationalism evaporated or caused havoc — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures, 150; Nationalism proved stronger than the class struggle in the modern world — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 362; Socialist revolutions required sidelining the national bourgeoisie during anti-colonial struggle — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures, 89 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Nationalism proved stronger than the class struggle in the modern world #complicates (0.75) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 362
• Postcolonial national bourgeoisies consolidated while nationalism evaporated or caused havoc #complicates (0.72) — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 150
• Radical theory shifted from socialist revolution to Third-Worldist nationalism as national bourgeoisies consolidated #complicates (0.71) — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 272
• Socialist revolutions required sidelining the national bourgeoisie during anti-colonial struggle #contradicts (0.70) — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 89