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The business and the politics of decolonization: the British experience in the twentieth century[Note 1. An embryonic version of this article was read at ...]
Author(s) -
White Nicholas J.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
the economic history review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.014
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1468-0289
pISSN - 0013-0117
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0289.00170
Subject(s) - decolonization , elite , capitalism , politics , government (linguistics) , political science , political economy , public administration , economy , sociology , economics , law , philosophy , linguistics
In synthesizing recent studies of the relationships between British businesses and British governments during decolonization, the article takes issue with the ‘gentlemanly capitalism’ paradigm. Imperial business and imperial government did not represent a cohesive elite; private and public agencies were frequently divided on key tenets of decolonization strategy; and, more often than not, it was broader macroeconomic and geostrategic factors rather than the agendas of particular business interests, that informed imperial policy.