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Esta tese aborda as várias formas através das quais a Organização Internacional do Trabalho e o conjunto de actores, governamentais ou privados, que agia na sua órbita, condicionaram os debates e processos de tomada de decisão política imperiais respeitante à questão do “trabalho indígena” nas colónias portuguesas entre 1944 e 1962. Contribuindo para os debates historiográficos recentes sobre a interconexão e coconstituição de dois processos históricos que marcaram indelevelmente o século XX, a saber, o internacionalismo e o imperialismo, esta tese demonstra como a história do império colonial português durante este período não pode ser pensada sem se atender às importantes dinâmicas internacionais, mas também transnacionais, que constrangeram a produção e avaliação de políticas e práticas imperiais, nomeadamente através de processos de auto-escrutínio regular, cotejo normativo, denúncias internacionais e, associadamente, projectos e esforços de reforma imperiais. Ao centrar-se no chamado período do colonialismo tardio, e explorando uma temática que afectara profundamente a história do império português em períodos mais recuados, esta tese contribui também para uma reavaliação das práticas e políticas imperiais portuguesas num contexto de gradual contestação à legitimidade da sua soberania imperial.
This dissertation explores the ways by which the International Labour Organization and the myriad of actors, either governmental or private, that gravitated around it, conditioned the debates and policy making procedures related to the “native labour” question in the Portuguese colonies between 1944 and 1962. Aiming to contribute for the burgeoning debates on the interconnections and mutual constitution of two major historical processes that shaped the twentieth century, i.e. internationalism and imperialism, the dissertation argues that the Portuguese colonial empire history cannot be properly addressed without taking into account the fundamental international and transnational dynamics that constrained the design and evaluation of colonial policies and realities, namely through regular self-scrutiny processes, normative comparisons, international denunciations and the associated imperial reformist projects and efforts. By focusing on the so-called late colonialism and by exploring an issue that deeply impacted upon Portuguese imperial history in the previous decades, the dissertation also allows for a reappraisal of Portuguese imperial practices and policies within a global context characterized by mounting pressures and challenges on the several imperial solutions.
This dissertation explores the ways by which the International Labour Organization and the myriad of actors, either governmental or private, that gravitated around it, conditioned the debates and policy making procedures related to the “native labour” question in the Portuguese colonies between 1944 and 1962. Aiming to contribute for the burgeoning debates on the interconnections and mutual constitution of two major historical processes that shaped the twentieth century, i.e. internationalism and imperialism, the dissertation argues that the Portuguese colonial empire history cannot be properly addressed without taking into account the fundamental international and transnational dynamics that constrained the design and evaluation of colonial policies and realities, namely through regular self-scrutiny processes, normative comparisons, international denunciations and the associated imperial reformist projects and efforts. By focusing on the so-called late colonialism and by exploring an issue that deeply impacted upon Portuguese imperial history in the previous decades, the dissertation also allows for a reappraisal of Portuguese imperial practices and policies within a global context characterized by mounting pressures and challenges on the several imperial solutions.
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Tese de doutoramento, História, Universidade de Lisboa, com a participação do ISCTE- Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Universidade de Évora, 2017
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Teses de doutoramento - 2017