Full Description
This book offers a fresh analysis of constitutional, economic, demographic and cultural developments in the overseas territories of Britain, France, the Netherlands, Denmark, Spain, the United States, Australia and New Zealand. Ranging from Greenland to Gibraltar, the Falklands to the Faroes, and encompassing islands in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, and the Caribbean, these territories command attention because of their unique status, and for the ways that they occasionally become flashpoints for rival international claims, dubious financial activities, illegal migration and clashes between metropolitan and local mores. Connell and Aldrich argue that a negotiated dependency brings greater benefits to these territories than might independence.
Contents
Chapter 1 A Decolonised World?.- Chapter 2 Constitutions: The Constancy of Change.- Chapter 3 Identity, Culture and Politics.- Chapter 4 New Caledonia: The Infinite Pause?.- Chapter 5 Economics: Niche Markets and Global Contexts.- Chapter 6 Migration: Holding on to Home?.- Chapter 7 Geopolitics: The Local and the Global.- Chapter 8 Anomalies on the Map.- Chapter 9 Plus ça change? From Last Colonies to Overseas Territories.
