Colonies†and colonialism†play a role
Colonies†and colonialism†play a role a changing role in the writing and thinking of political economists between the 1600s and 1900s.
Drawing on one theorist from each of the four groups
below, discuss this changing role, and your thinking about the reasons for it. Your essay should also engage the main political economy arguments put forward by these authors. Your essay will
be graded on how well (with original applications and insightful comparisons) you demonstrate your understanding of these theorists.
Groups
A. Locke
B. Smith
C. J.S Mill
D. Lenin