Decolonising the Caribbean : Dutch policies in a comparative perspective / / Gerte Oostindie & Inge Klinkers

• Autore: Oostindie Gert
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 pages)
• Soggetto topico: Decolonization - Netherlands - History - 20th century; Decolonization - Caribbean Area; Dutch - Caribbean Area - History
• Soggetto geografico: Netherlands Colonies America; Netherlands Politics and government 20th century; Caribbean Area Politics and government 1945-; Netherlands Antilles History 20th century
• Altri autori: KlinkersInge
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The Comparative Context: Fragmentation of the British West Indies and the Remnants of Empire -- The Colonial Period -- The Failure of the West Indian Federation -- Re-engagement: The Overseas Territories -- 2. The Comparative Context: The French départements d'outre-mer, Grandeur and Civilisation at a Price -- The Colonial Period -- Decolonisation through Integration -- Assimilation à la française -- 3. The Comparative Context: Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Deadlocks in American Geopolitics -- The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico -- Puerto Rico's Status Debate -- The U.S.Virgin Islands: Unincorporated Territory -- 4. Dutch Rule in the Caribbean up until 1940: Careless Colonialism -- Failed Exploitation -- Colonial Administration -- Cultural Divides -- 5. The Dismantling of the Dutch Empire, 1940-1954 -- World War II, Powerless Dutch Colonialism and the Atlantic Charter -- In the Shadow of Indonesia -- The Round-Table Conferences -- The Charter of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1954 -- 6. The Failed Attempt at Model Decolonisation, 1954-1975 -- Exploring the Charter's Margins -- Turning Point: The 1969 Curaçao Revolt -- Negotiating the Independence of Suriname -- The Antillean Refusal -- 7. The Perpetuation of the Transatlantic Kingdom since 1975 -- The Aruban Status Aparte -- A New Dutch Agenda for the 1990s -- Deadlocks and the Margins of Autonomy -- Into the Twenty-First Century -- 8. Illusions and Benefits of 'Reciprocal Assistance': Development Aid -- Towards Structural Aid, 1954-1975 -- Aid to the Antilles and Aruba since 1975: Structural or Finite? -- AComparative Perspective -- 9. A Caribbean Exodus - 177 -- Prelude, 1954-1973 -- The Independence of Suriname and the Exodus, 1973-1980 -- The Antillean Exodus of the 1990s -- A Comparative Perspective. ; 10. Cultural Exchange, Proximity and Distance -- Dutch Passport, Dutch Language? -- Reciprocal Cultural Exchange? -- A Comparative Perspective -- 11. Epilogue -- Dutch Caribbean Decolonisation in a Nutshell -- Caribbean Decolonisation: a Tentative Balance Sheet -- What Kind of Kingdom? -- The Future -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Indexes.
• Sommario/riassunto: Much has been written on the post-war decolonisation in the Caribbean, but rarely from a truly comparative perspective, and seldom with serious attention to the former Dutch colonies of Surinam, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. This study bridges both gaps. In their analysis of Dutch decolonisation policies since the 1940's, the authors discuss not only political processes, but also development aid, the Dutch Caribbean exodus to the metropolis and cultural antagonisms. A balance is drawn both of the costs and benefits of independence in the Caribbean and of the outlines and results of the policies pursued in the non-sovereign Caribbean by France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States.
• Titolo autorizzato: Decolonising the Caribbean
• ISBN: 90-485-0529-1; 0-585-49536-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910143538203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II