African islands and enclaves / edited by Robin Cohen.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: ; Volume 7Publication details: California : Sage Publications, Incorporation, c1983Description: 279 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 803919662
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DT 30.5 .A37 1983
Contents:
Introduction / Robin Cohen -- Interpreting dependency in the Canary Islands / Miguel Sanchez-Padron -- From colonialism to confederation / Arnold Hughes -- The structure of terror in a small state / Ibrahim K. Sundiata -- Cabinda, the politics of oil in Angola's enclave / Daniel Dos Santos -- St. Helena, welfare colonialism in practice / Robin Cohen. Cape Verde, survival without self-sufficiency / Deidre Meintel Machado -- Diego Garcia, the militarisation of an Indian Ocean island / Joneed Khan -- Prospering at the periphery / Raphael Kaplinsky -- Les survivances coloniales aux Comoros / PercyClaude Gaspart -- Mauritius, the Meade Report twenty years after / PercySelwyn.
Summary: As history has shown, remote islands or small states can be flashpoints for international crises. This collection of commissioned essays examines African countries that, because of their seeming insignificance, have been passed over in recent scholarship. The essays focus on current political and economic issues. Why do such states find it difficult to sustain stable economic and political orders? The role of such countries in international trade; the effects of their small size, remoteness, or paucity of resources; and their use as military bases for other powers are among the subjects discussed.--Publisher description
Item type: Books - Reference
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Books - Reference Books - Reference National University - Manila LRC - Annex Relegation Room General Education REF DT 30.5 .A37 1983 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000004342

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Introduction / Robin Cohen -- Interpreting dependency in the Canary Islands / Miguel Sanchez-Padron -- From colonialism to confederation / Arnold Hughes -- The structure of terror in a small state / Ibrahim K. Sundiata -- Cabinda, the politics of oil in Angola's enclave / Daniel Dos Santos -- St. Helena, welfare colonialism in practice / Robin Cohen. Cape Verde, survival without self-sufficiency / Deidre Meintel Machado -- Diego Garcia, the militarisation of an Indian Ocean island / Joneed Khan -- Prospering at the periphery / Raphael Kaplinsky -- Les survivances coloniales aux Comoros / PercyClaude Gaspart -- Mauritius, the Meade Report twenty years after / PercySelwyn.

As history has shown, remote islands or small states can be flashpoints for international crises. This collection of commissioned essays examines African countries that, because of their seeming insignificance, have been passed over in recent scholarship. The essays focus on current political and economic issues. Why do such states find it difficult to sustain stable economic and political orders? The role of such countries in international trade; the effects of their small size, remoteness, or paucity of resources; and their use as military bases for other powers are among the subjects discussed.--Publisher description

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