Grace Carrington

Global Decolonisation and Non-Sovereignty

Small Island States in the Caribbean

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Produktbeschreibung

Analyses decolonisation and non-sovereignty in the Caribbean, including grassroots protest movements, offshore finance and remittance culture. Covering global history and politics, as well as contemporary Caribbean history, this book will appeal to historians, political scientists and students of decolonisation, non-sovereignty and colonialism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009560412
• ISBN-10: 1009560417
• Artikelnr.: 73310118

Autorenporträt

Grace Carrington is a Research Fellow at the University College London Institute of the Americas. She is currently part of an interdisciplinary research team working on the AHRC-funded Visible Crown project. As part of this project, Grace analyses the relationship between monarchy, republicanism and anticolonialism in political debates across the Caribbean during decolonisation.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Non-Sovereign States in the Context of Global Decolonisation: 1. Political futures after the Second World War
2. Decolonisation and the global Cold War: the US, the Cuban revolution and anticolonial mobilisation
3. The colonial state: assimilation, interference and repression
4. The political economy of non-sovereign states during decolonisation
Part II. Local Dynamics of Decolonisation: 5. Local elites: economic and political power factions
6. Local politics: the dynamics and failures of political parties
7. 'We got to take back our country': popular protest and independence activists
Conclusion
Appendix A: timeline of key events
Bibliography.