TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gidney,Thomas
TI  - An international anomaly: colonial accession to the League of Nations 
T2  - Global and international history
SN  - 9781009584432 (ebook)
AV  - JZ4871 .G53 2025
U1  - 341.22/309171241 23/eng/20241118
PY  - 2025///
CY  - Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - League of Nations
KW  - Membership
KW  - History
KW  - Imperialism
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Sovereignty
KW  - World politics
KW  - 1919-1932
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Colonies
KW  - Egypt
KW  - British occupation, 1882-1936
KW  - Ireland
KW  - War of Independence, 1919-1921
KW  - India
KW  - British occupation, 1765-1947
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Mar 2025); Open Access
N2  - It is often assumed that only sovereign states can join the United Nations. But this was not always the case. At the founding of the United Nations, a loophole drafted by British statesmen in its predecessor organisation, the League of Nations, was carried forward, allowing colonies to accede as member-states. Colonies such as India, Ireland, Egypt, and many more were afforded a tokenistic representation at the League in Geneva during the interwar years, decades before their independence. Thomas Gidney unites three geographically distinct case studies to demonstrate the evolution of Britain's policy from a range of different viewpoints, exploring how this policy came into being, and why it was only exploited by the British Empire. He argues that this membership shaped colonial norms around sovereignty and international recognition in the interwar period and to the present day. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009584432
ER  -