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Chatzicharalampous, Maria Pinelopi (2020)

(De)-Colonial Continuities: From Kenya and Malaya to the Cyprus Emergency

Master thesis | History (MA)

The main scope of this thesis is the use of the State of Emergency as a tool in colonial counterinsurgency. The State of Emergency allows us to draw connections between three colonies in three different continents, Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus. The comparison, assists in adding the Cyprus Emergency within the colonial framework and analyse it as a colonial case. The state of emergency is seen as a tool in counterinsurgency. Finally, the thesis is also connected to scholaraship on Human Rights.

State of Emergency

Decolonization

Cold War

Kenya

Malaya

Cyprus

Human Rights

Counterinsurgency

Author

Chatzicharalampous, Maria Pinelopi

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Colonial and Global History

Supervisors

Stolte, Carolien

ECTS Credits

30

Language

en