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The first right : self-determination and the transformation of international order, 1941-2000 / Bradley R. Simpson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Simpson, Bradley R. (Bradley Robert), author.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in international history.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford studies in international history
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Self-determination, National--History--20th century.
- Self-determination, National.
- World politics--20th century.
- World politics.
- International relations--History--20th century.
- International relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (382 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- The idea of self-determination is one of the most significant in modern international politics. For more than a century diplomats, lawyers, scholars, activists and ordinary people in every part of the globe have wrestled with its meaning and implications for decolonization, human rights, sovereignty and international order. 'The First Right' argues that there was no one self-determination, but a century-long contest between contending visions of sovereignty and rights that were as varied and changing as the nature of sovereignty itself.
- Contents:
- Cover
- The First Right : Self-Determination and the Transformation of International Order, 1941-2000
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction One, Two, Three, Many Self-Determinations
- Self-Determination's Contested History
- 1: The Global Purchase of Self-Determination
- The Road to the Atlantic Charter
- The Atlantic Charter
- Wartime Disputes
- A Postwar World of Bases
- 2: Defining Self-Determination
- The Samoan Precedent
- The Indonesian Crucible
- The United Nations and Self-Determination
- 3: African Decolonization and Self-Determination
- Sudan from Decolonization to Civil War
- Apartheid and "Other-Determination"
- The Biafran Secession and the Limits of Self-Determination
- Armed Struggle and Terrorism
- 4: Economic Sovereignty and Self-Determination
- Precursors
- 5: Self-Determination in Very Small Places
- The Small-State Crisis
- The 1970 Declaration on Friendly Relations
- The Papuan Crucible
- Western Sahara and Canary Islands
- Self-Determination in Crisis?
- 6: Self-Determination Beyond Decolonization
- Self-Determination in a Local Key
- Indigenous Self-Determination
- Indigenous Internationalism
- 7: Self-Determination in the Age of Globalization
- Winding Down Decolonization
- Self-Determination and the Struggle Against Apartheid
- The Indigenous International
- Self-Determination and the End of the Cold War
- Reimagining Post-Cold War Self-Determination
- Conclusion Afterlives
- Notes
- Introduction
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Archives and Manuscript Collections
- Online Collections
- Newspapers and Magazines
- Selected Books and Articles
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on August 8, 2025).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-783100-1
- 0-19-783101-X
- 0-19-783099-4
- OCLC:
- 1528514978
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