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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... national culture against outsiders had electoral success in the latter part of the century. Scholars have linked nationalism to everything from the French and American revolutions to the worst atrocities committed against ethnic minorities ...
... national culture against outsiders had electoral success in the latter part of the century. Scholars have linked nationalism to everything from the French and American revolutions to the worst atrocities committed against ethnic minorities ...
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... national identity is valuable as a way to measure the national identity choices, and their consequences, in real ... minorities. In demo- cratic theory, one of the ways that minorities are protected in majority rule systems is that they ...
... national identity is valuable as a way to measure the national identity choices, and their consequences, in real ... minorities. In demo- cratic theory, one of the ways that minorities are protected in majority rule systems is that they ...
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... national homeland boundaries to coincide. Put simply, these two types of territorial boundaries rarely line up. Either ... ethnic minority (Chechnya, Abkhazia, etc.).64 Thus, when new states are created, border issues are not magically ...
... national homeland boundaries to coincide. Put simply, these two types of territorial boundaries rarely line up. Either ... ethnic minority (Chechnya, Abkhazia, etc.).64 Thus, when new states are created, border issues are not magically ...
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... minority's state of residence is perceived to be a homeland. This is a common occurrence, in particular where a given state contains a sizable and concentrated ethnic minority. In such a case, the minority is not just ethnic but national ...
... minority's state of residence is perceived to be a homeland. This is a common occurrence, in particular where a given state contains a sizable and concentrated ethnic minority. In such a case, the minority is not just ethnic but national ...
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... minority from further discrimination . In postcommunist studies , the idea of an " external national homeland " for national minorities has been presented most forcefully by Brubaker . His " triadic nexus " framework includes the external ...
... minority from further discrimination . In postcommunist studies , the idea of an " external national homeland " for national minorities has been presented most forcefully by Brubaker . His " triadic nexus " framework includes the external ...
Contents
II Postcolonial Nationalism | 31 |
III Postcommunist Nationalism | 139 |
IV Conclusion | 277 |
Contributors | 297 |
Index | 301 |
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