Constitution-making under UN auspices fostering dependency in sovereign lands
Post 1960, all colonies enjoyed the right to sculpt their own constitutions without international assistance. Yet, from 1960-2018, over poor 40 sovereign states have adopted with United Nations Constitutional Assistance (UNCA) the Western liberal constitution. Why? A comprehensive study on UNCA, thi...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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New Delhi
Oxford University Press
2020, 2020
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Series: | Oxford scholarship online / Oxford scholarship online
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Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | Post 1960, all colonies enjoyed the right to sculpt their own constitutions without international assistance. Yet, from 1960-2018, over poor 40 sovereign states have adopted with United Nations Constitutional Assistance (UNCA) the Western liberal constitution. Why? A comprehensive study on UNCA, this book shows that based on the UN's official statements, UNCA works ostensibly to 'modernise' poor states. However, this results in an investor-friendly environment that largely benefits powerful transnational interests, only to secure debt-relief. Thus, political control that they experienced when they were colonies, continues in this post-colonial era |
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Physical Description: | 320 pages |
ISBN: | 9780199098378 |