Worldmaking After Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination is a 2019 non-fiction book about decolonization by Adom Getachew.

Worldmaking After Empire
AuthorAdom Getachew
PublisherPrinceton University Press
Publication date
February 5, 2019
Awards
ISBN978-0-691-17915-5

Reception

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Reviews

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Worldmaking After Empire has been reviewed in various academic journals, including Capital & Class,[1] Constellations,[2] Contemporary Political Theory,[3] Ethics & International Affairs,[4] History,[5] The Journal of Development Studies,[6] New West Indian Guide,[7] Perspectives on Politics,[8] and the Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography,[9]

Awards and honors

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In 2020, Foreign Affairs named Worldmaking after Empire one of the best books of the year.[10]

Awards for Worldmaking after Empire
Year Organization Award Result Ref.
2020 African Studies Association ASA Best Book Prize Winner [11]
2020 American Political Science Association, Foundations of Political Theory Section First Book Award Winner [12][13]
2020 American Political Science Association, Politics & History Section J. David Greenstone Book Prize Winner (tie) [14]
2020 International Studies Association, Theory Section ISA Theory Best Book Winner [15]
2020 National Conference of Black Political Scientists W.E.B. Du Bois Distinguished Book Award Winner (tie) [16]
2021 Caribbean Philosophical Association Frantz Fanon Prize Winner [12]

References

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  1. ^ Copley, Jack (December 2020). "Book Review: Worldmaking After Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination by Adom Getachew". Capital & Class. 44 (4): 635–637. doi:10.1177/0309816820974483a. ISSN 0309-8168.
  2. ^ Hausteiner, Eva Marlene (June 2021). "AdomGetachew & Worldmaking after empire: the rise and fall of self‐determination. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2019". Constellations. 28 (2): 283–285. doi:10.1111/1467-8675.12573. ISSN 1351-0487.
  3. ^ Rose, Michelle K. L. (December 2022). "Worldmaking after empire: The rise and fall of self-determination: Adom Getachew Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford, 2019, xii + 276 pp., ISBN: 978-0-691-179155". Contemporary Political Theory. 21 (S4): 170–174. doi:10.1057/s41296-021-00522-9. ISSN 1470-8914.
  4. ^ Chan, Shuk Ying (2019). "Worldmaking after Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination, Adom Getachew (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2019), 288 pp., $35 cloth, $35 eBook". Ethics & International Affairs. 33 (3): 375–377. doi:10.1017/S089267941900025X. ISSN 0892-6794.
  5. ^ Gerits, Frank (July 2020). "Worldmaking after Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self‐Determination. Edited by Adom Getachew. Princeton University Press. 2019. xii + 271pp. £27.00". History. 105 (366): 540–542. doi:10.1111/1468-229X.12993. ISSN 0018-2648. Archived from the original on January 1, 2024. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  6. ^ Nisancioglu, Kerem (November 2, 2021). "Worldmaking After Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination: By Adom Getachew Oxford : Princeton University Press , 2020, 288 pp., £30 (hardback), £20 (paperback), ISBN: 9780691202341". The Journal of Development Studies. 57 (11): 1975–1977. doi:10.1080/00220388.2021.1956154. ISSN 0022-0388.
  7. ^ Meeks, Brian (September 22, 2022). "Worldmaking after Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination , by Adom Getachew". New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids. 96 (3–4): 365–366. doi:10.1163/22134360-09603015. ISSN 1382-2373. Archived from the original on July 12, 2024. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  8. ^ Hanchard, Michael (December 2019). "Worldmaking after Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination. By Adom Getachew. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019. 288p. $35.00 cloth". Perspectives on Politics. 17 (4): 1115–1117. doi:10.1017/S1537592719003682. ISSN 1537-5927.
  9. ^ Sidaway, James D. (May 2021). "Worldmaking after Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self‐Determination . AdomGetachew. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, USA, 2019, pp. xii + 271. ISBN 978‐0‐691‐17915‐5 (hbk)". Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography. 42 (2): 367–371. doi:10.1111/sjtg.12374. ISSN 0129-7619.
  10. ^ "The Best of Books 2020". Foreign Affairs. December 4, 2020. ISSN 0015-7120. Archived from the original on April 7, 2024. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  11. ^ "Worldmaking after Empire". Princeton University Press. February 5, 2019. Archived from the original on July 13, 2024. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
  12. ^ a b "Frantz Fanon Award". Caribbean Philosophical Association. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  13. ^ "Organized Section Update". Political Science Today. 1 (1): 53–84. February 2021. doi:10.1017/psj.2021.16. ISSN 2766-0133. Archived from the original on November 16, 2023. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  14. ^ "Congratulations to Adom Getachew! Her book, Worldmaking after Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination has been named winner of the J. David Greenstone Prize from the Politics & History Section of the APSA! | Political Science | The University of Chicago". University of Chicago. September 3, 2020. Archived from the original on January 19, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  15. ^ "THEORY Best Book Award". International Studies Association. Archived from the original on August 18, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  16. ^ "Award Winners". National Conference of Black Political Scientists. Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved July 14, 2024.