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Title: | Post-war Malta and Cyprus : a comparative study |
Authors: | Littlejohn, Karl |
Keywords: | Malta -- Social conditions -- 20th century Cyprus -- Social conditions -- 20th century Political development |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
Abstract: | Today Malta and Cyprus are the only Mediterranean islands which are recognised as independent states and have quite small populations of less than two million if added up together. Both Islands share a common colonial heritage including the Order of St.John and more recently as a British Colony. Malta came under British colonial rule (1800) earlier than Cyprus and thus the rule influenced and shaped Maltese society more than it did in Cyprus. Both countries achieved 'independence' more or less at the same time. This dissertation is a comparative study on the Post-war period of Malta and Cyprus. The first chapter will analyse the first four years after the Second World War and what political changes it brought to both islands. The second and third chapter will deal with two key players of the post war period i.e. the clergy and the British respectively. The fourth chapter of this dissertation deals with how both Malta and Cyprus achieved their independence constitution. The two constitutions will be compared and differences will be outlined. The fifth chapter will deal with the post independence environment of Malta and Cyprus. This chapter shall highlight events ranging from constitutional decline to economic growth and from political tensions to joining the European Union. The sixth and final chapter is the concluding chapter entitled 'Half a century in comparison'. Basically this chapter will compare and contrast the whole post war period to the 21st century. This chapter will analyse by comparing similar characteristics of Malta and Cyprus and also will outline the main discrepancies in political and social development. |
Description: | M.A.PREP.HISTORY |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/8678 |
Appears in Collections: | Dissertations - FacArt - 2013 Dissertations - FacArtHis - 2013 |
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