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Liberal Ideals and the Politics of Decolonisation explores the subject of Liberalism and its uses and contradictions across the late British Empire, especially in the context of imperial dissolution and subsequent state-building.



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Introduction: Liberal Ideals and the Politics of Decolonisation
1. The Plural Society: Labour and the Commonwealth Idea 1900-1964
2. Imperial Citizenship or Else: Liberal Ideals and the Indian Unmaking of Empire, 1890-1919
3. Written Differently: A Survey of Commonwealth Constitutional History in the Age of Decolonisation
4. An Acutely Embarrassing Affair: Whitehall and the Indian-South African Dispute at the United Nations (1946)
5: A Liberal Ghost? The Left, Liberal Democracy and the Legacy of Harold Laski’s Teaching
6. The Post-Colonial Constitutional Order of the Commonwealth Caribbean: The Endurance of the Crown and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
7. Primitive Liberals and Pirate Tribes: Black-Flag Radicalism and the Kibbo Kift
8. Imperial Liberalism and Institution Building at the End of Empire in Africa

Liberal Ideals and the Politics of Decolonisation

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      Publisher Taylor & Francis
      Published 1/29/2024 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780367513153
      978-0367513153
      ISBN-10 0367513153
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      International law Political ideologies and movements

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Liberal Ideals and the Politics of Decolonisation explores the subject of Liberalism and its uses and contradictions across the late British Empire, especially in the context of imperial dissolution and subsequent state-building.



      Table of Contents

      Introduction: Liberal Ideals and the Politics of Decolonisation
      1. The Plural Society: Labour and the Commonwealth Idea 1900-1964
      2. Imperial Citizenship or Else: Liberal Ideals and the Indian Unmaking of Empire, 1890-1919
      3. Written Differently: A Survey of Commonwealth Constitutional History in the Age of Decolonisation
      4. An Acutely Embarrassing Affair: Whitehall and the Indian-South African Dispute at the United Nations (1946)
      5: A Liberal Ghost? The Left, Liberal Democracy and the Legacy of Harold Laski’s Teaching
      6. The Post-Colonial Constitutional Order of the Commonwealth Caribbean: The Endurance of the Crown and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
      7. Primitive Liberals and Pirate Tribes: Black-Flag Radicalism and the Kibbo Kift
      8. Imperial Liberalism and Institution Building at the End of Empire in Africa

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