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Statehood à la carte in the Caribbean and the Pacific : secession, regionalism, and postcolonial politics / Jack Corbett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Corbett, Jack (Political scientist), author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- State, The.
- Postcolonialism--Caribbean Area.
- Postcolonialism.
- Postcolonialism--Pacific Area.
- Caribbean Area--Politics and government.
- Caribbean Area.
- Pacific Area--Politics and government.
- Pacific Area.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (266 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- This work explains how leaders in the Caribbean and Pacific regions balance the autonomy-viability dilemma of postcolonial statehood by practising statehood à la carte. Jack Corbett shows that this approach is a pragmatic response to the contradictions inherent to coloniality.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- List of Maps
- 1. Introduction
- PART I. AUTONOMY
- 2. Sovereignty
- 3. Identity
- 4. Territory
- PART II. VIABILITY
- 5. Economic Developmen
- 6. Bureaucratic Capacity
- 7. Uniformity
- 8. Statehood à la Carte
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2023.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 22, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-195479-9
- 0-19-267926-0
- 0-19-267927-9
- OCLC:
- 1376932155
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