• xmlui.mirage2.page-structure.header.title
    • français
    • English
  • Help
  • Login
  • Language 
    • Français
    • English
View Item 
  •   BIRD Home
  • IRISSO (UMR CNRS 7170)
  • IRISSO : Publications
  • View Item
  •   BIRD Home
  • IRISSO (UMR CNRS 7170)
  • IRISSO : Publications
  • View Item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

Browse

BIRDResearch centres & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesTypeThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesType

My Account

LoginRegister

Statistics

Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors
Thumbnail

A global comparison of non-sovereign island territories: the search for ‘true equality’

Ferdinand, Malcom; Oostindie, Gert; Veenendaal, Wouter (2019), A global comparison of non-sovereign island territories: the search for ‘true equality’, Island Studies Journal, 14. 10.24043/isj.75

View/Open
ISJFerdinandetalComparisonNonSovereignIslandTerritories.pdf (479.9Kb)
Type
Article accepté pour publication ou publié
External document link
https://doi.org/10.24043/isj.75
Date
2019
Journal name
Island Studies Journal
Volume
14
Publication identifier
10.24043/isj.75
Metadata
Show full item record
Author(s)
Ferdinand, Malcom
Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Sciences Sociales [IRISSO]
Oostindie, Gert

Veenendaal, Wouter
Abstract (EN)
or a great majority of former colonies, the outcome of decolonization was independence. Yet scattered across the globe, remnants of former colonial empires are still non-sovereign as part of larger metropolitan states. There is little drive for independence in these territories, virtually all of which are small island nations, also known as sub-national island jurisdictions (SNIJs). Why do so many former colonial territories choose to remain non-sovereign? In this paper we attempt to answer this question by conducting a global comparative study of non-sovereign jurisdictions. We start off by analyzing their present economic, social and political conditions, after which we assess local levels of (dis)content with the contemporary political status, and their articulation in postcolonial politics. We find that levels of discontent and frustration covary with the particular demographic, socio- economic and historical-cultural conditions of individual territories. While significant independence movements can be observed in only two or three jurisdictions, in virtually all cases there is profound dissatisfaction and frustration with the contemporary non-sovereign arrangement and its outcomes. Instead of achieving independence, the territories’ real struggle nowadays is for obtaining ‘true equality’ with the metropolis, as well as recognition of their distinct cultural identities.
Subjects / Keywords
decolonization; equality; independence; islands; non-sovereign; sub-national island jurisdictions

Related items

Showing items related by title and author.

  • Thumbnail
    Toxic Time-scape and the double fracture of modernity: Chlordecone contamination of Martinique and Guadeloupe 
    Ferdinand, Malcom (2022) Chapitre d'ouvrage
  • Thumbnail
    Social Inequality Factors in the contexts of Education and Health: A European Comparison Based on An Experimental Questionnaire 
    Demuijnck, Geert; Boarini, Romina; Le Clainche, Christine; Wittwer, Jérôme (2009) Communication / Conférence
  • Thumbnail
    Bridging the divide to face the Plantationocene: The chlordecone contamination and the 2009 social events in Martinique and Guadeloupe 
    Ferdinand, Malcom (2019) Chapitre d'ouvrage
  • Thumbnail
    A decolonial ecology: thinking from the Caribbean World 
    Ferdinand, Malcom; Smith, Anthony Paul; Davis, Angela (2021) Ouvrage
  • Thumbnail
    The “Risk-Free” Rate of Return in the Politics of Global Finance: The State As Financial Asset, Foundation of Value and Sovereign on Behalf of Creditors 
    Ortiz, Horacio (2018) Communication / Conférence
Dauphine PSL Bibliothèque logo
Place du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny 75775 Paris Cedex 16
Phone: 01 44 05 40 94
Contact
Dauphine PSL logoEQUIS logoCreative Commons logo