Fulfilling the sacred trust : the UN campaign for international accountability for dependent territories in the era of decolonization / / Mary Ann Heiss [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Heiss Mary Ann <1961-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (304 pages) |
Disciplina | 325.3 |
Collana | Cornell scholarship online |
Soggetto topico |
Decolonization
Non-self-governing territories Self-determination, National |
Soggetto non controllato |
Decolinization, cold war, United Nations, UN general assembly, international colonial accountability
International Human Rights |
ISBN | 1-5017-5270-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: toward international accountability for all dependent territories -- Laying the groundwork: International interest in non-self-governing territories -- Fits and starts: the contours of international accountability emerge -- Organizational foundations: the committee on information becomes operational -- Rhetoric and routine: the last vestiges of western dominance -- Taking off the gloves: new UN activism in the chapter XI territories -- Power shifts: the full-on drive for accountability -- Crossing the Rubicon: proponents of accountability take control -- Activism triumphant: achieving international colonial accountability -- Conclusion: international colonial accountability assessed. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795649203321 |
Heiss Mary Ann <1961-> | ||
Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2021 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fulfilling the sacred trust : the UN campaign for international accountability for dependent territories in the era of decolonization / / Mary Ann Heiss [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Heiss Mary Ann <1961-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (304 pages) |
Disciplina | 325.3 |
Collana | Cornell scholarship online |
Soggetto topico |
Decolonization
Non-self-governing territories Self-determination, National |
Soggetto non controllato |
Decolinization, cold war, United Nations, UN general assembly, international colonial accountability
International Human Rights |
ISBN | 1-5017-5270-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: toward international accountability for all dependent territories -- Laying the groundwork: International interest in non-self-governing territories -- Fits and starts: the contours of international accountability emerge -- Organizational foundations: the committee on information becomes operational -- Rhetoric and routine: the last vestiges of western dominance -- Taking off the gloves: new UN activism in the chapter XI territories -- Power shifts: the full-on drive for accountability -- Crossing the Rubicon: proponents of accountability take control -- Activism triumphant: achieving international colonial accountability -- Conclusion: international colonial accountability assessed. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823909503321 |
Heiss Mary Ann <1961-> | ||
Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2021 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Surpassing the sovereign state : the wealth, self-rule, and security advantages of partially independent territories |
Autore | Rezvani David A |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 387 pages) |
Disciplina | 321.08 |
Soggetto topico |
Non-self-governing territories - Economic conditions
Non-self-governing territories State, The Political Science Law, Politics & Government Political Theory of the State |
ISBN | 0-19-176773-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Partial independence advantages and evolution -- Domestic and international structural amendment -- Civil order through conventional rules in the British context : the British dominions and Northern Ireland -- From secessionism to mutual agreement in the American context : the case of Puerto Rico -- Shame federacy : China's autonomous regions, France's Indochinese free states, South Africa's Bantustans, and America's Indian territories -- Sovereign state weakness -- Wealth and security advantages of partial independence -- Predicting the dynamics of partially independent territories. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910157853603321 |
Rezvani David A | ||
Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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