After Independence: Making and Protecting the Nation in Postcolonial and Postcommunist StatesThe majority of the existing work on nationalism has centered on its role in the creation of new states. After Independence breaks new ground by examining the changes to nationalism after independence in seven new states. This innovative volume challenges scholars and specialists to rethink conventional views of ethnic and civic nationalism and the division between primordial and constructivist understandings of national identity. "Where do nationalists go once they get what they want? We know rather little about how nationalist movements transform themselves into the governments of new states, or how they can become opponents of new regimes that, in their view, have not taken the self-determination drive far enough. This stellar collection contributes not only to comparative theorizing on nationalist movements, but also deepens our understanding of the contentious politics of nationalism's ultimate product--new countries." --Charles King, Chair of the Faculty and Ion Ratiu Associate Professor, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service "This well-integrated volume analyzes two important variants of nationalism-postcolonial and postcommunist-in a sober, lucid way and will benefit students and scholars alike." --Zvi Gitelman, University of Michigan Lowell W. Barrington is Associate Professor of Political Science, Marquette University. |
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Just as a nation is a group of people and not a state , nationalism is first and
foremost about the nation , and not necessarily about an existing state . Because
nationalism includes the pursuit of territorial control , and because the idea of the
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Just as a nation is a group of people and not a state , nationalism is first and
foremost about the nation , and not necessarily about an existing state . Because
nationalism includes the pursuit of territorial control , and because the idea of the
...
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Either the nation sees its homeland as something more than the existing state , or
it sees its new territorial control as threatened by homeland claims of minority
groups in the state , claims on its homeland by other nations outside the state , or
...
Either the nation sees its homeland as something more than the existing state , or
it sees its new territorial control as threatened by homeland claims of minority
groups in the state , claims on its homeland by other nations outside the state , or
...
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First , dividing up existing states cannot be done neatly along “ homeland ” lines .
While the international community increasingly favored the partitioning of existing
states to solve ethnonational conflicts at the end of the twentieth century , the ...
First , dividing up existing states cannot be done neatly along “ homeland ” lines .
While the international community increasingly favored the partitioning of existing
states to solve ethnonational conflicts at the end of the twentieth century , the ...
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Contents
Nationalism Independence LOWELL W BARRINGTON | 3 |
Nationalism in Postcolonial States JOSHUA B FORREST | 33 |
From Malay Nationalism to a Malaysian Nation? | 45 |
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References to this book
Post-colonial Studies: The Key Concepts Bill Ashcroft,Gareth Griffiths,Helen Tiffin No preview available - 2007 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | After Independence: Making and Protecting the Nation in Postcolonial and Postcommunist States |
| Editor | Lowell W. Barrington |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University of Michigan Press, 2006 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2008 |
| ISBN | 0472068989, 9780472068982 |
| Length | 316 pages |
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