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Approaches to depoliticisation have tended to focus on its use as a domestic strategy. Where the literature tends to be lacking is in consideration of its international role. This article examines the way in which imperialist policies have been depoliticized through technically managed or apparently economic institutions. It explores the way in which British imperial strategy was depoliticised by the use of the Sterling Area, analysing an episode in British-Malayan relations in which the apolitical character of the Sterling Area was brought into question.
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Sutton, A. Depoliticisation and the politics of imperialism. Br Polit 12, 209–230 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41293-016-0024-6
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