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Since the formation of the United Nations in 1945, a doctrine of self-determination and absolute political equality has prevailed as the guideline for the decolonisation of the global South. However, after decades of progress and the actualisation of political autonomy for numerous small states, the process has stalled for the remaining small, non-independent territories. Cosmopolises such as the US and UK are now exercising a topdown authority over their dependent territories through policies that while ensuring sustained economic progress, have created a democratic deficit and political vulnerability based on unequal status.
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Corbin, C.G. (2009). Dependency Governance and Future Political Development in the Non-Independent Caribbean. In: Cooper, A.F., Shaw, T.M. (eds) The Diplomacies of Small States. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230246911_5
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