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Diplomacy and nation-building in Africa : Franco-British relations and Cameroon at the end of empire / Mélanie Torrent.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Torrent, Mélanie.
- Series:
- International library of African studies ; v. 32.
- International library of African studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nation-building--Cameroon.
- Nation-building.
- Decolonization--Cameroon.
- Decolonization.
- International relations.
- Cameroon--Politics and government--1960-.
- Cameroon.
- Politics and government.
- Cameroon--History--1960-1982.
- History.
- Cameroon--History--1982-.
- Cameroon--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--Cameroon.
- Great Britain.
- Cameroon--Foreign relations--France.
- France--Foreign relations--Cameroon.
- France.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 409 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : I.B. Tauris, 2012.
- Contents:
- 1 The Reunification Dialogues: Coordinating
- Decolonisation in the Cold War 16
- Early Consultations 16
- No Separate Independence for the Southern Cameroons: British Doubts, Commonwealth Indifference, French Reluctance 23
- Independence for the Republic of Cameroun: from French Mandate to French Ally 35
- After the Plebiscites: Political Insecurities and Diplomatic Tensions 51
- 2 Our of Commonwealth Dynamics: Cameroon's Retreat from Britain's International Legacy 73
- Federal Harmonisation at a Time of Uncontested French Influence 73
- Neither Foreign nor Commonwealth: the Long Road to Ending Imperial Preference 81
- Principles and Limits of a Bilingual State: Language as Diplomatic Influence 99
- British Support to the Federal Centre: the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Impasse 115
- 3 Francophone Diplomacies: Opportunities and Dangers for the Cameroonian State 124
- Advancing Integration in Cameroon 124
- The French Partner: Traingular Dynamics in Anglo-Cameroonian Relations 130
- British and Canadian Linguistic Policies in Cameroon: a French-Driven Bilingualism? 150
- No Francophonie? The Problematic Emergence of the Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique (ACCT) 158
- 4 New Partnerships: the Stakes and Limits of Integration in Cameron and Europe 171
- A New Lease of Life in Franco-British Political Consultations on Africa 171
- Pompidou's West Africa Trip: Interpretations and Consequences 177
- Persistent Barriers in Linguistic Diplomacy 188
- French and British Perspectives on 20 May 1972: a Welcome Unitary State? 197
- Beyond the ACCT and Commonwealth: Tentative Engagements with the Commonwealth Foundation 207
- 5 The Cameroonian Bridge? Elusive Multilateralism in a Globalising World 214
- Assessing Association with and within an Enlarged EEC 214
- From Shared Past to Tenuous Present: Cameroon on the Margins of British Diplomacy 222
- Stepping Back from French Networks? 231
- Plus ça Change...France's Persistent Bilateral Influence 240
- ACCT-Commonwealth Partnerships: a Diplomatic Impasse for Cameroon? 251.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [382]-398) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781848857773
- 1848857772
- OCLC:
- 794274337
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