1. Ending Empire.
- Author
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Spruyt, Hendrik
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SOVEREIGNTY , *GEOGRAPHIC boundaries , *DECOLONIZATION , *ARAB-Israeli conflict , *DISENGAGEMENT (Military science) ,FRENCH-Algerian War, 1954-1962 - Abstract
The author examines the influence of institutional arrangements in the metropolitan reaction to challenges to the existing territorial sovereignty. The Algerian and Portuguese military, settlers and business elites with economic stakes in the subject areas are the groups that oppose colonial disengagement. He also discusses the theoretical logic in a case of decolonization involving France and Algeria. A comparison of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the French-Algerian war is presented.
- Published
- 2005