Neocolonialism means power exerted at a distance, not through territorial occupation.

Evidence

Neo colonialism is a term generally associated with a twentieth-century discourse that assigned to the former colonial powers the blame for the stunted development of newly independent nations. It is also a concept that allowed intellectuals to begin talking about the internal colonialisms that divide former colonial societies along ethnic, and not just racial, divides—for instance, with lighter-skinned people having a higher status than darker-skinned people. Today, neocolonialism is used more frequently to suggest a new form of colonialism whereby a powerful country might exercise control not through territorial occupation but at a distance through economic or political domination, cultural monopolization, or the threat of military force. Contemporary US imperialism might be said to be a form of neocolonialism—in other words, a form of military and economic dominance without direct political control. — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 258

Categorization

• DEFINE: Distinguishes neocolonialism from postcolonialism and decoloniality — precisely the scope precision the reader needs for evaluating data colonialism as a rival frame.
• XREF: connects to: Neocolonialism keeps formally independent states economically and politically directed from outside — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 181

Broader Connections

• Neocolonialism keeps formally independent states economically and politically directed from outside #expands (0.95) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 181