Decolonising the Caribbean
Inge Klinkers, Gert Oostindie
- Title
- Decolonising the Caribbean
- Subtitle
- Dutch Policies in a Comparative Perspective
- Authors
- Inge Klinkers
- Gert Oostindie
- ISBN
- 9789048505296
- Format
- eBook PDF (Adobe DRM)
- Number of pages
- 292
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 29 - 10 - 2003
- Dimensions
- 16 x 24 cm
- Discipline
- Social and Political Sciences
- Also available as
- Paperback - € 54,95
Front Cover - 1
Table of Contents - 6
Acknowledgements - 8
Introduction - 10
1. The Comparative Context: Fragmentation of the British West Indies and the Remnants of Empire - 18
The Colonial Period - 18
The Failure of the West Indian Federation - 21
Re-engagement: The Overseas Territories - 25
2. The Comparative Context: The French départements d'outre-mer, Grandeur and Civilisation at a Price - 30
The Colonial Period - 31
Decolonisation through Integration - 33
Assimilation à la française - 37
3. The Comparative Context: Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Deadlocks in American Geopolitics - 43
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico - 44
Puerto Rico’s Status Debate - 49
The U.S.Virgin Islands: Unincorporated Territory - 54
4. Dutch Rule in the Caribbean up until 1940: Careless Colonialism - 58
Failed Exploitation - 58
Colonial Administration - 61
Cultural Divides - 63
5. The Dismantling of the Dutch Empire, 1940-1954 - 65
World War II, Powerless Dutch Colonialism and the Atlantic Charter - 66
In the Shadow of Indonesia - 70
The Round-Table Conferences - 77
The Charter of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1954 - 85
6. The Failed Attempt at Model Decolonisation, 1954-1975 - 90
Exploring the Charter’s Margins - 93
Turning Point: The 1969 Curaçao Revolt - 97
Negotiating the Independence of Suriname - 103
The Antillean Refusal - 117
7. The Perpetuation of the Transatlantic Kingdom since 1975 - 119
The Aruban Status Aparte - 122
A New Dutch Agenda for the 1990s - 132
Deadlocks and the Margins of Autonomy - 141
Into the Twenty-First Century - 146
8. Illusions and Benefits of ‘Reciprocal Assistance’: Development Aid - 154
Towards Structural Aid, 1954-1975 - 158
Aid to the Antilles and Aruba since 1975: Structural or Finite? - 164
AComparative Perspective - 173
9.A Caribbean Exodus – 177 - 178
Prelude, 1954-1973 - 181
The Independence of Suriname and the Exodus, 1973-1980 - 184
The Antillean Exodus of the 1990s - 190
A Comparative Perspective - 195
10. Cultural Exchange, Proximity and Distance - 202
Dutch Passport, Dutch Language? - 203
Reciprocal Cultural Exchange? - 208
A Comparative Perspective - 213
11. Epilogue - 216
Dutch Caribbean Decolonisation in a Nutshell - 218
Caribbean Decolonisation: a Tentative Balance Sheet - 221
What Kind of Kingdom? - 225
The Future - 230
Notes - 235
Bibliography - 271
Indexes - 285
Inge Klinkers, Gert Oostindie
Decolonising the Caribbean
Dutch Policies in a Comparative Perspective
Much has been written on the post-war decolonisation in the Caribbean, but rarely from a truly comparative perspective, and seldom with serious attention to the former Dutch colonies of Surinam, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. This study bridges both gaps. In their analysis of Dutch decolonisation policies since the 1940s, the authors discuss not only political processes, but also development aid, the Dutch Caribbean exodus to the metropolis and cultural antagonisms. A balance is drawn both of the costs and benefits of independence in the Caribbean and of the outlines and results of the policies pursued in the non-sovereign Caribbean by France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Authors
Inge Klinkers
Inge Klinkers was als onderzoeker verbonden aan het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde en werkte als redacteur onder meer bij Amsterdam University Press; nu werkt zij voor Pearson Benelux.
Gert Oostindie
Gert Oostindie is director of the Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology (KITLV) in Leiden and professor of Caribbean history at Leiden University.
