Patil, Vrushali.

Negotiating decolonization in the United Nations : politics of space, identity, and international community / Vrushali Patil. - New York : Routledge, 2008. - ix, 195 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - New approaches in sociology .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-188) and index.

Introduction -- Kinship politics and space, identity and international community prior to legal decolonization: the problem and the query -- (Re)negotiating the colonial problematic: the UN Charter, the emergence of Asia-Africa, and the anti-colonial challenge to kinship -- The limits of the anti-colonial critique: anti-colonialists' visions and divisions -- Contending perspectives?: the overlap between colonialist and anti-colonialist narratives on dependency and sovereignty -- Masculinity, time and brotherhood: resolving the colonial problematic -- Conclusion: twentieth century transformations of space, identity and international community -- Appendix: tables and figures -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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United Nations.


Decolonization.
Colonies (International law)
Afro-Asian politics.

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