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In search of a path; An analysis of the foreign policy of Suriname from 1975 to 1991

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dc.creator Janssen, Roger
dc.date 2011
dc.date.accessioned 2020-02-25T15:37:12Z
dc.date.available 2020-02-25T15:37:12Z
dc.identifier http://www.oapen.org/download/?type=document&docid=371570
dc.identifier https://www.doabooks.org/doab?func=search&query=rid:13313
dc.identifier ISBN: 9789067183345
dc.identifier ISBN: 9789004253674
dc.identifier DOI: 10.26530/OAPEN_371570
dc.identifier.uri https://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/32457
dc.description In search of a path An analysis of the foreign policy of Suriname from 1975 to 1991

Roger Janssen

The foreign policy of small states is an often neglected topic, which is particularly the case when it comes to Suriname. How did the young Republic deal with its dependency on the Netherlands for development aid after 1975? Was Paramaribo following a certain foreign policy strategy or did it merely react towards internal and external events? What were the decision making processes in defining the foreign policy course and who was involved in these processes? And why was a proposal discussed to hand back the right of an independent foreign and defence policy to a Dutch Commonwealth government in the early 1990s? 

These questions are examined here in depth, in the first comprehensive analysis of Suriname’s foreign policy from 1975 to 1991. The book provides readers interested in Caribbean and Latin American affairs with a detailed account of Suriname’s external relations. Moreover, the young Republic may stand as a case study, as it confronted the difficulties and challenges that small developing states often face. 

Roger Janssen (1967), born in the Dutch-German border region of Cleve, migrated to Australia in 1989. He received his education as a historian at the University of Western Australia where he obtained a Ph.D. in 1999. During his graduate and post-graduate studies, the main focus of his research was directed towards the social-economic and political developments of the Dutch Caribbean after the Second World War. Currently he lives and works in the Netherlands.
dc.language English
dc.publisher Brill
dc.rights https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
dc.subject caribische eilanden
dc.subject caribbean
dc.subject political development
dc.subject latin america
dc.subject foreign policy
dc.subject buitenlandse beleid
dc.subject latijns amerika
dc.subject politieke ontwikkeling
dc.subject suriname
dc.title In search of a path; An analysis of the foreign policy of Suriname from 1975 to 1991
dc.type book


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