Global Decolonisation and Non-Sovereignty

Grace Carrington is a Research Fellow at the University College London Institute of the Americas. She is currently part of an interdisciplinary research team working on the AHRC-funded Visible Crown project. As part of this project, Grace analyses the relationship between monarchy, republicanism and anticolonialism in political debates across the Caribbean during decolonisation.

• Introduction; Part I. Non-Sovereign States in the Context of Global Decolonisation: 1. Political futures after the Second World War; 2. Decolonisation and the global Cold War: the US, the Cuban revolution and anticolonial mobilisation; 3. The colonial state: assimilation, interference and repression; 4. The political economy of non-sovereign states during decolonisation; Part II. Local Dynamics of Decolonisation: 5. Local elites: economic and political power factions; 6. Local politics: the dynamics and failures of political parties; 7. 'We got to take back our country': popular protest and independence activists; Conclusion; Appendix A: timeline of key events; Bibliography.

'Countries that are decolonised and those that are not are often seen to have followed distinct historical paths. Grace Carrington challenges this view and argues non-sovereign territories are not anomalies but centrally embedded within decolonisation narratives. Using French and British Caribbean territories as her focus, she offers a nuanced and non-linear analysis of the still-to-be concluded decolonisation process.' Peter Clegg, Professor in Politics and International Relations, and Head of the School of Social Sciences, University of the West of England