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In 1965 the white minority government of Rhodesia issued a unilateral declaration of independence from Britain, rather than negotiate a transition to majority rule. The author shows that the exception that was Rhodesian independence did not, in fact, make the state that different from new nations elsewhere in Africa.

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"Unpopular Sovereignty is an insightful and important book, one that sheds a great deal of light on the complexities of sovereignty, self-determination, and citizenship; on the possibilities and limitations of electoral politics; and on the relationship of territorial politics to global norms." (Frederick Cooper, author of Citizenship between Empire and Nation: Remaking France and French Africa, 1945-1960)

Unpopular Sovereignty

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 23 March 2015
      ISBN-13 9780226235059
      978-0226235059
      ISBN-10 022623505X
      Also in:
      African history Social and cultural anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In 1965 the white minority government of Rhodesia issued a unilateral declaration of independence from Britain, rather than negotiate a transition to majority rule. The author shows that the exception that was Rhodesian independence did not, in fact, make the state that different from new nations elsewhere in Africa.

      Trade Review
      "Unpopular Sovereignty is an insightful and important book, one that sheds a great deal of light on the complexities of sovereignty, self-determination, and citizenship; on the possibilities and limitations of electoral politics; and on the relationship of territorial politics to global norms." (Frederick Cooper, author of Citizenship between Empire and Nation: Remaking France and French Africa, 1945-1960)

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