Fulfilling the sacred trust the UN campaign for international accountability for dependent territories in the era of decolonization
Introduction: toward international accountability for all dependent territories -- Laying the groundwork: International interest in non-self-governing territories -- Fits and starts: the contours of international accountability emerge -- Organizational foundations: the committee on information becom...
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Ithaca ; London
Cornell University Press
2020
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction: toward international accountability for all dependent territories -- Laying the groundwork: International interest in non-self-governing territories -- Fits and starts: the contours of international accountability emerge -- Organizational foundations: the committee on information becomes operational -- Rhetoric and routine: the last vestiges of western dominance -- Taking off the gloves: new UN activism in the chapter XI territories -- Power shifts: the full-on drive for accountability -- Crossing the Rubicon: proponents of accountability take control -- Activism triumphant: achieving international colonial accountability -- Conclusion: international colonial accountability assessed "This book considers the UN campaign to extend the sort of activism that was invested in the Trusteeship System to the dependent territories of the victorious World War II allies" -- |
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| Beschreibung: | viii, 293 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9781501752704 978-1-5017-5270-4 |