After Independence: Making and Protecting the Nation in Postcolonial and Postcommunist StatesLowell Barrington University of Michigan Press, 2009 M12 18 - 320 pages The 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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... Russia. Rather than providing an overview of Russian nationalism, as many others have done, Bremmer highlights the way in which nationalist approaches in the postcommunist states shaped relations with Russia as well as how the need for ...
... Russia. Rather than providing an overview of Russian nationalism, as many others have done, Bremmer highlights the way in which nationalist approaches in the postcommunist states shaped relations with Russia as well as how the need for ...
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... Russians living in Kazakhstan seeing both the northern part of the country and Russia ( or Russia , Ukraine , and Belarus ) as their homeland . " 1 In such situations , nationalist claims would take the form of a desire to break part of ...
... Russians living in Kazakhstan seeing both the northern part of the country and Russia ( or Russia , Ukraine , and Belarus ) as their homeland . " 1 In such situations , nationalist claims would take the form of a desire to break part of ...
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... Russia as posing such a threat to their still-recent independence, and nationalists in Azerbaijan have certainly felt similarly about Armenia.74 As a result, nationalists also suspect the intentions of ethnic Russians (or eth- nic ...
... Russia as posing such a threat to their still-recent independence, and nationalists in Azerbaijan have certainly felt similarly about Armenia.74 As a result, nationalists also suspect the intentions of ethnic Russians (or eth- nic ...
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... Russia and the ethnic Russians outside its borders provide an on-going current exam- ple. While less volatile to date than some had predicted, the issue of Rus- sians outside the Russian Federation remains one of the most potentially ...
... Russia and the ethnic Russians outside its borders provide an on-going current exam- ple. While less volatile to date than some had predicted, the issue of Rus- sians outside the Russian Federation remains one of the most potentially ...
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... Russia and the USSR (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994), 6. 9. Chinn and Kaiser, Russians as the New Minority, 19: “Nations thus may be viewed as future-oriented, politicized, and territorialized ethnic groups whose members ...
... Russia and the USSR (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994), 6. 9. Chinn and Kaiser, Russians as the New Minority, 19: “Nations thus may be viewed as future-oriented, politicized, and territorialized ethnic groups whose members ...
Contents
II Postcolonial Nationalism | 31 |
III Postcommunist Nationalism | 139 |
IV Conclusion | 277 |
Contributors | 297 |
Index | 301 |
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