Colonial Power and National Identity : Pierre Mendès France and the History (häftad)

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Format: Häftad
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 156
Utgivningsdatum: 2008-04-01
Upplaga: 1
Förlag: Santérus Förlag
Dimensioner: 230 x 150 x 10 mm
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Komponenter: Paperback
SAB: Kj.55
ISBN: 9789173350105

Colonial Power and National Identity : Pierre Mendès France and the History

Name: Colonial Power and National Identity : Pierre Mendès France and the History
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Author: Marie Demker
ISBN: 9789173350105

Pierre Mendès France and the History of French Decolonisation

av Marie Demker

Häftad, Engelska, 2008-04-01

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This study addresses the puzzle why Pierre Mendès France as French Prime Minister managed to grant Indochina independence through negotiations, but neglected the same demand from Algeria. In the mid-1950s, France was experiencing not only a political crisis but also a crisis of national identity. The author shows that there were competing national identities among the French foreign policy elite, and that the struggle among different identity conceptions was a determinant factor in the outcome of the Indochina and Algeria cases. Pierre Mendès France tried to decolonize France by making France a European power. This seemed successful when France left Indochina, but it turned to be a failure when Algeria demanded its independence. The research material represents a unique collection of speeches, letters, radio performances, opinion polls, media debates and internal working papers. Marie Demker is a Swedish Political Science professor at Göteborg University and Södertörn University College. She has written several books and articles on foreign policy, French politics and party politics.

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