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Struggles for Self-Determination
Josiah Brownell
其他書名
The Denial of Reactionary Statehood in Africa
出版Cambridge University Press, 2021-12-02
主題History / Africa / GeneralHistory / Modern / 20th Century / GeneralPolitical Science / GeneralPolitical Science / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
ISBN11088326449781108832649
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ERBNEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Katanga, Rhodesia, Transkei and Bophuthatswana: four African countries that, though existing in a literal sense, were, in each case, considered by the international community to be a component part of a larger sovereign state through which all official communications and interactions were still conducted. This book is concerned with the intertwined histories of these four right-wing secessionist states in Southern Africa as they fought for but ultimately failed to win sovereign recognition. Along the way, Katanga, Rhodesia, Transkei, and Bophuthatswana each invented new national symbols and traditions, created all the trappings of independent statehood, and each proclaimed that their movements were legitimate expressions of national self-determination. Josiah Brownell provides a unique comparison between these states, viewed together as a common reaction to decolonization and the triumph of anticolonial African nationalism. Describing the ideological stakes of their struggles for sovereignty, Brownell explores the international political controversies that their drives for independence initiated inside and outside Africa. By combining their stories, this book draws out the relationships between the emergence of these four pseudo-states and the fragility of the entire postcolonial African state structure.