Book Reviews and Notices : Colonial Administration by European Powers. BY LORD HAILEY. (London: Royal Institute of International Affairs. 1947. Pp. 97. 4s. 6d.)
| Date | 01 December 1949 |
| DOI | 10.1177/106591294900200440 |
| Published date | 01 December 1949 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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study
of
the
motives
which
prompted
certain
Socialistic
leaders,
like
Fierlinger
and
Szakasits,
to
serve
the
Communist
cause
with
such
con-
spicuous
success.
To
dismiss
them
merely
as
&dquo;left-wingers&dquo;
does
not
explain
one
of
the
most
complex
and
portentous
political
facts
of
European
politics.
Objections
such
as
these
may
be
made
in
many
chapters.
Perhaps
the
subject
matter
itself
is
to
blame
for
these
difficulties.
An
area
in
which
every
conceivable
political
combination
and
intrigue
has
been
tried
at
one
time
or
another
-
an
area
which
has
time
and
again
been
the
center
of
big-power
duels
-
probably
excludes
a
simplified
treat-
ment.
However,
as
a
book
for
beginners,
the
work
under
review
is
by
far
the
most
useful
modern
text
in
the
field
so
far,
and
should
tempt
the
reader
to
Dursue
the
subiect
further.
ROBERT
G.
NEUMANN.
University
of
California
at
Los
Angeles.
Colonial
Administration
by
European
Powers.
BY
LORD
HAILEY.
(Lon-
don:
Royal
Institute
of
International
Affairs.
1947.
Pp.
97.
4s.
6d.)
This
little
book
comprises
a
series
of
five
lectures
on
Colonial
Ad-
ministration
delivered
at
King’s
College,
London,
at
the
end
of
1946.
It
is
unfortunate,
however,
that
nearly
a
year
was
allowed
to
pass
before
publication,
for
1947
was
a
fluid
year
not
only
for
the
relations
between
the
Big
Powers,
but
also
for
those
between
colonial
powers
and
their
colonial
peoples.
What
was
true
at
the
end
of
1946
was
far
from
being
true
a
year
later.
Thus,
the
Dutch
representative
was
able
to
talk
of
the
peaceful
and
promising
situation
heralded
by
the
Linggadjati
Agreement
signed
between
the
Netherlands
and
Indonesia.
Similarly,
the
French
delegate,
after
pointing
out
that
the
French
possessions
in
North
Africa
are
not
part
of
the
French
colonial
empire,
traced
the
development
from
the
old
rela-
tionship
to
the
present
French
Union,
but
failed
to
discuss
fully
the
problems
of
Madagascar
and
Viet
Nam.
A
great
contrast
can
be
seen
between
the
treatment
of
the
Portu-
guese
colonies
and
the
Belgian
Congo.
The
former,
although
their
devel-
opment
was
based
on
the
close
ties
of
Portugal
with
Great
Britain,
appear
to
be
the
most
backward
of
all
those
discussed.
The
Belgian
Congo,
on
the
other
hand,
seems
to
be
administered
in
a
highly
enlightened
fash-
ion,
and
the
treatment
of
native
workers
causes
one
to
reflect
on
the
very
different
situation
existing
in
the
Union
of
South
Africa.
Unfortunately,
the
lecturer
did
not
discuss
the
implications
of
the
discovery
of
large
uranium
deposits.
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