Global decolonisation and non-sovereignty : small island states in the Caribbean /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Carrington, Grace (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
Series:	International studies (Cambridge University Press)
Subjects:	Caribbean Area > Politics and government > 1945- Caribbean Area > History > Autonomy and independence movements. Decolonization > Caribbean Area. Caribbean Area > Foreign relations > 1945- Caraïbes (Région) > Politique et gouvernement > 1945- Caraïbes (Région) > Histoire > Autonomie et mouvements indépendantistes. Décolonisation > Caraïbes (Région) Caraïbes (Région) > Relations extérieures > 1945- Decolonization Caribbean Area

Table of Contents:

Political Futures after the Second World War
Decolonisation and the Global Cold War: The US, the Cuban Revolution and Anticolonial Mobilisation
The Colonial State: Assimilation, Interference and Repression
The Political Economy of Non-Sovereign States during Decolonisation
Local Elites: Economic and Political Power Factions
Local Politics: The Dynamics and Failures of Political Parties
'We Got to Take Back Our Country': Popular Protest and Independence Activists.