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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... membership boundaries are well established and accepted , and if the national homeland's territorial boundaries are also well established and accepted and correspond to the borders of the new state , and if there is no perceived threat ...
... membership boundaries are well established and accepted , and if the national homeland's territorial boundaries are also well established and accepted and correspond to the borders of the new state , and if there is no perceived threat ...
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... membership boundaries and homeland boundaries developed over time to coincide with the population of the state and the territorial boundaries of the state respectively. The sec- ond, found especially in cases of ethnic nations with ...
... membership boundaries and homeland boundaries developed over time to coincide with the population of the state and the territorial boundaries of the state respectively. The sec- ond, found especially in cases of ethnic nations with ...
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... membership. If the “Who is the nation?” question has been answered in a relatively civic way, leaders of the newly independent state may work to build such an overarching national identity. Nationalism becomes a nation-building project ...
... membership. If the “Who is the nation?” question has been answered in a relatively civic way, leaders of the newly independent state may work to build such an overarching national identity. Nationalism becomes a nation-building project ...
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... membership boundary question (“Who is the nation?”) was answered in a civic way during the struggle for independence, this is the most likely outcome of nationalism after independence. But it is also possi- ble, as a couple of the cases ...
... membership boundary question (“Who is the nation?”) was answered in a civic way during the struggle for independence, this is the most likely outcome of nationalism after independence. But it is also possi- ble, as a couple of the cases ...
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... membership ques- tion in the struggle for independence, especially in the case of small nations such as Estonia and Latvia, even when the state-building concerns dis- cussed in the preceding section exist.82 This concept of threat to ...
... membership ques- tion in the struggle for independence, especially in the case of small nations such as Estonia and Latvia, even when the state-building concerns dis- cussed in the preceding section exist.82 This concept of threat to ...
Contents
II Postcolonial Nationalism | 31 |
III Postcommunist Nationalism | 139 |
IV Conclusion | 277 |
Contributors | 297 |
Index | 301 |
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