Postcolonial Third World states grew more competitive and fragmented, not unified.

Evidence

The key fact about the post-colonial history of this so-called Third World 1s that each nation-state came under the dominance of a distinct national bourgeoisie (existing or emergent) as it emerged from the colonial crucible and was then assigned a specific location in the international division of labour as it is organized by imperialism, so that the period has come to be characterized not by greater unity but by increasing differentiation and even competitiveness among these states. — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 81

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Post-colonial states grew more differentiated and competitive, not more unified — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Nations, Classes, Literatures, 29; Adopting the nation-state model did not erase ethnic differences but often intensified them.; The Third World has continually collapsed into competing national units — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Nations, Classes, Literatures, 30

Broader Connections

• Post-colonial states grew more differentiated and competitive, not more unified #corroborates (1.00) — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 29
• The Third World has continually collapsed into competing national units #corroborates (0.95) — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 30
• Adopting the nation-state model did not erase ethnic differences but often intensified them. #corroborates (0.85)