Politics of Decolonization

Kenya Europeans and the Land Issue 1960-1965

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9366223
AutoresRita M Breen, Gary Wasserman
Año1977
Volumen10
Número4
Páginas651-651
Fecha de publicación1977-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe International Journal of African Historical Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0361-7882 • E-ISSN: 2326-3016
EditorialJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/216937
OpenAlexW2163925693
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas17

Decolonization in the Third World has most often been approached by tracing the ties of nationalist movements to the attainment of independence. This book attempts to revise the perspective. It presents a model of decolonization centring on the idea that the process was shaped by the reaction of colonial interests to the ascendancy of a nationalist elite. Rather than tracing the upward development of a nationalist movement, it traces the downward manipulation of that movement into a colonial system. The study concludes that instead of being a separating step to remove colonial influence, decolonization in more important respects ensured the continuity of the colonial political economy. The book is of interest to scholars, students and others interested in decolonization, white settles, East African affairs and land reform, as well as the general reader following current events in Africa

Decolonization · Development economics · Economics · Geography · Kenya · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Law