Decolonising the Caribbean: Dutch Policies in a Comparative Perspective

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Oostindie and Klinkers add depth to the study of post-World War II Caribbean decolonization with their comparative analysis of the former Dutch colonies of Surinam, the Netherlands Antilles, and Aruba. Their detailed analysis of Dutch decolonization policies of the 1940s cover such issues as the political processes of decolonization, development aid, the Dutch Caribbean exodus to the metropolis, and cultural antagonisms. Putting these issues within a larger context, the authors skillfully contrast the decolonization process of Dutch Caribbean states with the current policies pursued in the non-sovereign Caribbean by France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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Gert Oostindie is director of the KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies and holds a chair in Caribbean Studies at Utrecht Universiteit.|Inge Klinkers successfully defended her PhD thesis on Caribbean decolonisation policies at Utrecht Universiteit and has been a researcher at the KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies and is now an editor for various academic presses. In 2001, Oostindie and Klinkers published the three-volume study, Knellende Koninkrijksbanden. Het Nederlandse dekolonisatiebeleid in de Caraiben, 1940-2000 and the abridged version Het Koninkrijk in de Caraiben, 1940-2000, both with Amsterdam University Press.