Eva-Maria Muschik
Biographic Data
| ID | 5653099 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eva-Maria Muschik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eva-Maria |
| FAMILY NAME | Muschik |
| SIGNATURE | MUSCHIK E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Freie Universität Berlin |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4772-7357 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Special issue introduction
Decolonization and the expansion of international organizations in the twentieth century are crucial developments in modern global history, yet scholars have seldom closely studied their impact on one another. While decolonization is often presented as the ‘success story’ of international organizations, these bodies have also been condemned as instruments of neocolonialism. This introduction and special issue moves beyond this binary and investig…
A pretty kettle of fish’
This article examines the assignment of John Alexander-Sinclair, a British United Nations (UN) development expert, in Iran. In the late 1960s, Alexander-Sinclair was invited to arrange the ‘redeployment’ of 20,000 allegedly redundant oil workers and mediate between the consortium of European and American companies, which was in de facto control of the country’s oil industry, and the state-led National Iranian Oil Company, which was nominally in c…
Managing the world
This article examines a 1956 United Nations effort to respond to decolonization, by supplying newly independent governments with international administrators to help build sovereign nation-states out of the disintegrating European empires and anchor them firmly within the capitalist world. The article reveals the UN as a significant historical actor during the Cold War beyond the organization’s function of providing a forum for intergovernmental …
The Art of Chameleon Politics
The article explores the continuities between imperial and international development efforts by examining the post-1945 career trajectory of a British colonial forester turned United Nations development expert. While previous scholarship has stressed the close links between late colonial and postcolonial development work, this microhistory offers a different perspective: it suggests that the experience of decolonization rather than colonial servi…
Managing the world
This article examines a 1956 United Nations effort to respond to decolonization, by supplying newly independent governments with international administrators to help build sovereign nation-states out of the disintegrating European empires and anchor them firmly within the capitalist world. The article reveals the UN as a significant historical actor during the Cold War beyond the organization’s function of providing a forum for intergovernmental …
The Art of Chameleon Politics
The article explores the continuities between imperial and international development efforts by examining the post-1945 career trajectory of a British colonial forester turned United Nations development expert. While previous scholarship has stressed the close links between late colonial and postcolonial development work, this microhistory offers a different perspective: it suggests that the experience of decolonization rather than colonial servi…
Special issue introduction
Decolonization and the expansion of international organizations in the twentieth century are crucial developments in modern global history, yet scholars have seldom closely studied their impact on one another. While decolonization is often presented as the ‘success story’ of international organizations, these bodies have also been condemned as instruments of neocolonialism. This introduction and special issue moves beyond this binary and investig…
Managing the world
This article examines a 1956 United Nations effort to respond to decolonization, by supplying newly independent governments with international administrators to help build sovereign nation-states out of the disintegrating European empires and anchor them firmly within the capitalist world. The article reveals the UN as a significant historical actor during the Cold War beyond the organization’s function of providing a forum for intergovernmental …
The Art of Chameleon Politics
The article explores the continuities between imperial and international development efforts by examining the post-1945 career trajectory of a British colonial forester turned United Nations development expert. While previous scholarship has stressed the close links between late colonial and postcolonial development work, this microhistory offers a different perspective: it suggests that the experience of decolonization rather than colonial servi…
A pretty kettle of fish’
This article examines the assignment of John Alexander-Sinclair, a British United Nations (UN) development expert, in Iran. In the late 1960s, Alexander-Sinclair was invited to arrange the ‘redeployment’ of 20,000 allegedly redundant oil workers and mediate between the consortium of European and American companies, which was in de facto control of the country’s oil industry, and the state-led National Iranian Oil Company, which was nominally in c…
Special issue introduction
Decolonization and the expansion of international organizations in the twentieth century are crucial developments in modern global history, yet scholars have seldom closely studied their impact on one another. While decolonization is often presented as the ‘success story’ of international organizations, these bodies have also been condemned as instruments of neocolonialism. This introduction and special issue moves beyond this binary and investig…
Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Decolonization (3 works) · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · International relations (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · African history and culture studies (1 work)