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Gatch, Loren, Crawford, Christopher Kickham, Kenneth Kiggins, Ryan 2020-07-09T14:40:58Z 2020-07-09T14:40:58Z 2018 (AlmaMMSId)9983032610702196 https://hdl.handle.net/11244/325097 (OCoLC)1436718010 By the late twentieth century, both France and Great Britain achieved a similar status as economically-developed democracies of middling size within a global capitalist system. Yet each entered the twentieth century administering vast colonial possessions that spanned the globe. France, however, violently resisted the demise of its empire, fighting two wars in a single decade in Southeast Asia and North Africa. In contrast, Great Britain allowed its much more substantial empire to dissolve without significant resistance. What accounts for their varying responses to the process of decolonization? Though the material costs and benefits of empire clearly influenced both countries' responses to decolonization, these considerations alone do not account for the different responses. This thesis applies a social constructivist approach that goes beyond material interests to highlight how ideas about national identity in France and Great Britain shaped their responses to the common pressures toward decolonization. All rights reserved by the author, who has granted UCO Chambers Library the non-exclusive right to share this material in its online repositories. Contact UCO Chambers Library's Digital Initiatives Working Group at diwg@uco.edu for the permission policy on the use, reproduction or distribution of this material. Decolonization Decolonization National interest National interest Decolonization France Great Britain National interests National identities and the decolonization experiences of France and Great Britain Academic theses M.A., Political Science UCO - Graduate Works and Theses::UCO - Theses Jackson College of Graduate Studies. open.access