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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... groups: An ethnic group when politically mobilized can have different goals. These may include the right to franchise, the use of the ethnic vote to swing results in marginal constituencies, the achievement of special sta- tus for ...
... groups: An ethnic group when politically mobilized can have different goals. These may include the right to franchise, the use of the ethnic vote to swing results in marginal constituencies, the achievement of special sta- tus for ...
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... groups : it assumes that the nation is ethnic . A definition of nationalism from Gellner , “ a theory of political ... group of people that they ought to constitute a nation , or that they already are one . Armstrong has labeled ...
... groups : it assumes that the nation is ethnic . A definition of nationalism from Gellner , “ a theory of political ... group of people that they ought to constitute a nation , or that they already are one . Armstrong has labeled ...
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... groups , for example , those based on common kinship or political ideol- ogy ; and ( 2 ) these ethnic or national communities desire their own inde- pendent state.46 While the combination of the terms ethnic and national in the ...
... groups , for example , those based on common kinship or political ideol- ogy ; and ( 2 ) these ethnic or national communities desire their own inde- pendent state.46 While the combination of the terms ethnic and national in the ...
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... group that deserves this territorial control and that is enti- tled to the supreme loyalty of other members of the ... groups as well. They establish the we that possesses the right to control the homeland (and as a result the they ...
... group that deserves this territorial control and that is enti- tled to the supreme loyalty of other members of the ... groups as well. They establish the we that possesses the right to control the homeland (and as a result the they ...
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... group becomes “ national " when it recognizes a particular terri- tory that it feels it belongs to and has a right to control politically . The development of a “ sense of homeland ” and an emotional attachment to that homeland ...
... group becomes “ national " when it recognizes a particular terri- tory that it feels it belongs to and has a right to control politically . The development of a “ sense of homeland ” and an emotional attachment to that homeland ...
Contents
II Postcolonial Nationalism | 31 |
III Postcommunist Nationalism | 139 |
IV Conclusion | 277 |
Contributors | 297 |
Index | 301 |
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