"Upside Down Decolonization" in Subnational Island Jurisdictions: Questioning the "Post" in Postcolonialism

被引：21
作者：
Baldacchino, Godfrey [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Prince Edward Isl, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P3, Canada
来源：
SPACE AND CULTURE | 2010年 / 13卷 / 02期
关键词：
decolonization; enclaves; islands; offshore; sovereignty; subnational jurisdictions; subnationalism; Tokelau; United Nations; SOVEREIGNTY;
D O I：
10.1177/1206331209360865
中图分类号：
G [文化、科学、教育、体育]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号：
03 ; 0303 ; 04 ;
摘要：
Most subnational (and mainly island) jurisdictions around the world today are actively conspiring in the dogged pursuit of protracted and extended colonial relationships-what is referred to as "upside down decolonization"-rather than aspiring to full independence. Various metropolitan powers are also discovering that island territories can be excised and rejigged as jurisdictional enclaves, able to perform (and get away with) exceptional functions. These can range from detention centers to low-tax regimes, from military bases to exclusive processing zones. In spite of the lingering rhetoric about the virtues of sovereignty, these "infinite pauses" in decolonization call for a more adequate conceptual assimilation within postcolonial theory.
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