UID:
almahu_9949767673202882
Format:
1 online resource (423 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783839473061
Series Statement:
Postcolonial Studies
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Cover -- Contents -- List of Photographs, Figures, and Maps -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Secessionist Conflict in "Western Togoland" -- The Division of Togoland -- A Reawakened Western Togoland Nationalism -- The Division of the Volta Region -- Securitising "Western Togoland" Secessionism -- Final Act? -- 1.2 Research Puzzle & -- Goal -- 1.3 Argument & -- Approach -- 1.4 Relevance & -- Contribution -- 1.5 Outline -- 2. State of the Art -- 2.1 Neo‐Trusteeship & -- (In)Security -- 2.1.1 Antecedents: From Transitional to Structural Problems (1960-1970s) -- 2.1.2 The 1st Generation: Of 'Quasi' & -- 'Failed States' -- Human Security & -- the Responsibility to Protect -- Reactivating the Trusteeship Council? -- 2.1.3 The 2nd Generation: From Peace‐Keeping to State‐Building -- 2.1.4 The 3rd Generation: Colonial Reminiscence -- Post‐Liberal Critique -- Accountability Deficit -- Securitisation of Failed States -- Colonial Reminiscence -- Historical Scholarship -- 2.1.5 The 4th Generation: The Local Turn -- 2.1.6 The 5th Generation? Decolonising State‐Building -- 2.1.7 Postcolonial Security Studies -- Postcolonialism & -- Securitisation -- 2.2 Trusteeship & -- (De)Colonisation -- 2.2.1 Origins of Trusteeship -- "A Sacred Trust"? Petitioning and Accountability -- 2.2.2 The United Nations Trusteeship System & -- Security -- Colonialism & -- the Advent of the United Nations -- The 'Colonial Question' & -- Global Security -- The 'Colonial Question' & -- the Cold War -- Decolonisation & -- Nation‐State‐Building -- 2.3 Togoland -- 2.3.1 State‐ & -- Nationhood -- German Togoland -- Early Post‐Independence Works -- Constructed Nationalisms: Togoland & -- Ewe Nationalism -- 2.3.2 Security -- British Togoland -- French Togoland.
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2.4 Situating the Research Agenda -- 3. Theoretical Framework -- 3.1 Copenhagen School -- 3.1.1 Internalist vs. Externalist Understanding -- Internalist Understanding: Focus on the Speech Act -- Externalist Understanding: Focus on the Context -- 3.1.2 The Audience's Agency -- 3.1.3 Securitisation Theory? Or: How to Predict the Present -- 3.1.4 Historicisation of Security & -- Securitisation of History -- 3.1.5 Securitisation in a Postcolonial Reading -- Silence Dilemma -- Securitisation & -- the Trusteeship Constellation -- 3.2 Paris School -- 3.3 Research Perspective -- 4. Methods -- 4.1 Research Design -- 4.1.1 A Constructivist Study -- 4.1.2 A Qualitative & -- Comparative Study -- 4.2 Archival Research -- Coloniality of Archives -- Reading Against or Along the Grain? -- 4.2.1 Archives Visited -- New York -- France -- Togo -- Britain -- Ghana -- 4.2.2 Challenge of Access & -- Supplementary Sources -- Oral History -- 4.2.3 Research Procedure & -- Evaluation -- 5. Historical Background: From Slave Coast to Mandate Territory -- 5.1 Precolonial Era & -- Introduction of European Rule -- 5.1.1 From 'Gold Coast' to 'Slave Coast' -- 5.1.2 Ewe Heterogeneity -- 5.1.3 The Emergence of 'Eweness' -- 5.2 The 'Schutzgebiet Togoland' -- 5.2.1 Drawing Borders & -- Conquest of the Hinterland -- 5.2.2 Exploitation & -- Modernization -- 5.2.3 Petitions as Anticolonial Resistance -- 5.3 Togoland under Mandate -- 5.3.1 Creation of the Mandates System -- A‑, B‑, and C‑Mandates -- Redrawing Borders of Togoland: The Simon‐Milner Agreement -- Proto‐Nationalist Ewe‐Petitions to the League -- Togobund -- Petitions to the League -- 5.3.2 French & -- British Togoland under Mandate -- French Mandate Organisation -- Security under Mandate -- The 1933 Riots & -- Service de Police et de Sûreté -- British Mandated Togoland -- World War II.
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6. The Securitisation of Ewe & -- Togoland Unification before the United Nations -- 6.1 Bringing Togoland under United Nations Trusteeship -- 6.1.1 Establishment of the United Nations Trusteeship System -- 6.1.2 The Instruments of International Supervision -- Limits of Accountability -- Trusteeship Agreements -- Trusteeship as a Communicative Space -- 6.2 The All‐Ewe‐Conference & -- First Petitions under Trusteeship -- 6.2.1 Formation of the 'Ewe Parties' -- 6.2.2 Establishment of the Petition Procedure -- First Written Petitions -- First Oral Hearing -- Olympio's return and the Consultative Commission on Togoland Affairs -- 6.3 Security Matters: Trouble in Accra & -- Abidjan (1948-1951) -- 6.3.1 The Accra Riots & -- the Special Branch -- Origin of the Special Branch -- Tasks of Special Branch -- Spying on Political Parties -- Security Liaison Officer -- 6.3.2 The Abidjan Troubles & -- the Service de Sûreté -- 6.4 Securitising Petitions I: Trusteeship Council (1949-1951) -- 6.4.1 New Restrictions for Petitions & -- Visiting Missions (1949) -- The 1st Visiting Mission (1949) -- Oral Hearing -- 6.4.2 The Anglo‐French "Master Stroke" (1950) -- Decision to Boycott (1950) -- 6.4.3 From Ewe to Togoland Unification (1951) -- Founding of the Togoland Congress (1951) -- Harnessing Nkrumah for Togoland Annexation (1951) -- Local Intelligence Committee (1951) -- Maintaining 'Public Order' in French Togoland -- Joint Council for Togoland Affairs (1951) -- 6.5 Securitising Petitions II: The General Assembly (1951-1955) -- 6.5.1 After Vogan: Double Standard for Examining Petitions (1951) -- General versus Specific Petitions -- 6.5.2 Political Development under Security Surveillance (1952) -- The 2nd Visiting Mission (1952) -- 6.5.3 Securitising the French "Reign of Terror" (1952) -- General Debate.
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6.5.4 A Spectre haunts Africa - the Spectre of the "Red Menace" (1953) -- Accounting for "Most Secret" (1953) -- Attempts to stop the circulation of "Most Secret" -- Oral Hearing -- General Debate -- 6.6 Turning the Tides I: British Togoland (1954-1957) -- Integrationists before the Trusteeship Council (1954) -- 6.6.1 "A New Type of Threat" (1954) -- The British Memorandum to end Trusteeship (1954) -- Integrationist Wave before the Fourth Committee (1954) -- Unificationists -- General Discussion -- 1st Togo Statute -- 6.6.2 Action Plan & -- Internal Security Updates (1955) -- Security Intelligence Advisor -- 6.6.3 The 3rd Visiting Mission (1955) -- 6.6.4 Anglo‐French Arrangements for the Togoland Referenda (1955) -- General Assembly's 10th Session (1955) -- General Debate -- 6.6.5 The British Togoland Referendum (1956) -- 6.7 Turning the Tides II: French Togoland (1956-1960) -- 6.7.1 Loi‐Cadre & -- the Autonomous Republic of Togoland (1956) -- Endorsement for Ending Trusteeship in British Togoland -- No Supervision for the French Referendum -- 6.7.2 The French Togoland Referendum (1956) -- Protesting the Plebiscites (1956) -- Oral Hearing (British Togoland) -- General Debate -- French Memorandum to End Trusteeship (1956) -- Oral Hearing (French Togoland) -- General Debate -- 6.8 The Independence of British & -- French Togoland -- Transitional Security -- Independence Disturbances -- 6.8.1 Securitising the Independence of French Togoland (1957) -- General Debate -- The '4th Visiting Mission' -- The Trusteeship Council's 7th Special Session -- Fourth Committee Hearing (1957) -- General Debate -- 6.8.2 The Parliamentary Election in French Togoland (1958) -- 6.8.3 Termination of Trusteeship & -- Independence -- 6.9 Post‐Independence Conflict -- Trouble at Home -- Looking for Security Alliances -- Olympio's Security‐Independence‐Dilemma.
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6.9.1 Repressive Tit‐For‐Tat (1960-1962) -- Olympio retaliates -- Bombings -- 6.9.2 Assassination of Olympio (1963) -- The return of the soldiers -- The Night of the Coup -- 6.9.3 Aftermath: Rise & -- Demise of The Togoland Liberation Movement -- 7. Conclusion -- 7.1 General Summary -- 7.2 Key Findings and Conclusion -- 7.2.1 Sub‐Question 1: (In)Securitisation by the Administering Authorities -- Insecuritisation by the Administrations of French & -- British Togoland -- (De)Securitisation at the United Nations -- 7.2.2 Sub‐Question 2: Securitisation by the Petitioners -- 7.2.3 Sub‐Question 3: The United Nations as an Audience of Securitisation -- 7.2.4 General Conclusion -- Separatism in Ghana: Western Togoland -- 7.3 Potentials, Limits, Outlook -- Bibliography.
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Print version: Heise, Julius Securitising Decolonisation Bielefeld : transcript Verlag,c2024 ISBN 9783837673067
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