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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... issues of violence and nationalism. He even cautions scholars not to assume that violence between ethnic groups can automatically be labeled ethnic violence. Jones believes that a civic nationalist approach is unlikely in Georgia, but ...
... issues of violence and nationalism. He even cautions scholars not to assume that violence between ethnic groups can automatically be labeled ethnic violence. Jones believes that a civic nationalist approach is unlikely in Georgia, but ...
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... issue in ethnic disputes , such disputes need not be national at the start , and some do not evolve into territorial - control conflicts at all.3 34 All this does not mean that finding a broadly acceptable definition is an easy task ...
... issue in ethnic disputes , such disputes need not be national at the start , and some do not evolve into territorial - control conflicts at all.3 34 All this does not mean that finding a broadly acceptable definition is an easy task ...
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... issue than the majority. They will participate more and break apart the apathetic major- ity. But, when a perception exists that the survival of the ethnic nation is at stake, there is no apathetic majority. Either the minority will be ...
... issue than the majority. They will participate more and break apart the apathetic major- ity. But, when a perception exists that the survival of the ethnic nation is at stake, there is no apathetic majority. Either the minority will be ...
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... issue after independence has to do with the failure of state boundaries and national homeland boundaries to coincide ... issues are not magically resolved. As the post-Soviet states, Ethiopia and Eritrea, India and Pakistan, and numerous ...
... issue after independence has to do with the failure of state boundaries and national homeland boundaries to coincide ... issues are not magically resolved. As the post-Soviet states, Ethiopia and Eritrea, India and Pakistan, and numerous ...
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... issue, and it is sometimes hard to separate the threat from the external state from the threat posed by the ethnic minority. During the first decade of inde- pendence in many of the post-Soviet states, for example, nationalists per ...
... issue, and it is sometimes hard to separate the threat from the external state from the threat posed by the ethnic minority. During the first decade of inde- pendence in many of the post-Soviet states, for example, nationalists per ...
Contents
II Postcolonial Nationalism | 31 |
III Postcommunist Nationalism | 139 |
IV Conclusion | 277 |
Contributors | 297 |
Index | 301 |
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