The French overseas territories today

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Abstract

From French colonies (or protectorates) to French Overseas Territories or Overseas Départements in 1946, these French overseas entities have progressively evolved, by different speeds and degrees. If the initial changes suggested by the United Nations (UN) were mostly justified on political and ideological grounds (the right to independence, self-determination and sovereignty), the current changes, encouraged by France this time, appear mainly as an attempt to alleviate economic dependency. This paper considers what is really at stake in the current statutory evolution of the French Overseas territories.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe non-independent territories of the Caribbean and Pacific
Subtitle of host publicationcontinuity or change?
EditorsPeter Clegg, David Killingray
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherInstitute of Commonwealth Studies
ISBN (Print)978-0-9569546-0-2, 0-9569546-0-X
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2012

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