{"product_id":"unpopular-sovereignty-9780226235059","title":"Unpopular Sovereignty","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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)","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49399968235863,"sku":"9780226235059","price":79.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226235059.jpg?v=1730469301","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/unpopular-sovereignty-9780226235059","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}