Nationalism and Intra-State Conflicts in the Postcolonial World

Herausgeber: Achankeng, Fonkem

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores issues of nationalism and intra-state conflicts in postcolonial nations. Drawing from international law, social anthropology, political science and strategic studies, peace and conflict studies, and memory studies, each chapter adopts a unique conceptual lens and discourse to understand the nationalism debate and its conflicts.

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Produktdetails

• Conflict and Security in the Developing World
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 570
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 966g
• ISBN-13: 9781498500258
• ISBN-10: 1498500250
• Artikelnr.: 42907340

Autorenporträt

Edited by Fonkem Achankeng - Foreword by Moses Ochonu - Contributions by Ali R. Abootalebi; Fonkem Achankeng; Carlson Anyangwe; Alireza Asgharzadeh; Ofra Bengio; Chipamong Chowdhury; Michael Gunter; Lowell Gustafson; Daniel Njoroge Karanja; Hassan Khannen

Inhaltsangabe

PART ONE: GENERAL AND CONCEPTUAL ISSUES Chapter 1: Political
Self-Determination as an International Norm: History, Content, Scope, and
Status in Contemporary International Law Carlson Anyangwe Chapter 2:
Chasing the Shadow: Myths of Nation-building in Postcolonial States
Tatah-Mentan Chapter 3: Nationalism, Power Politics, and Pluralism in
Divided Societies Ali R. Abootalebi PART TWO: AFRICA Chapter 4: The Pot and
the Kettle: Failed States and the Terrorization of the Western Sahara Peace
Process Jacob Mundy Chapter 5: Betrayal and Abandonment: Memory, History
and Conflict Emotions in the Narratives of British Southern Cameroons'
Nationalists Fonkem Achankeng Chapter 6: Ethnocentrism First and
Nationalism Second: Colonial/Postcolonial Constructions of Conflict in
Kenya Daniel Karanja Chapter 7: Ethnic Nationalism and Identity Politics:
Reminiscences of Biafra and the Quest for Self- Determination Donald O.
Omagu Chapter 8: Ethnic & Nationalist Mobilization in South Sudan Solomon
Losha Chapter 9: Somaliland and the Crisis of the Somali Nation Hassan
Khannenje Chapter 10: British Southern Cameroons in Cameroun Republic: A
Salad Bowl with Unmitigating Distinctive Ingredients Michael T. Ndemanu
PART THREE: THE MIDDLE EAST Chapter 11: From Victims to Victors: The
Kurdish Challenge to the State in the Middle East Ofra Bengio Chapter 12:
Kurdish Nationalism and Conflict in Postcolonial Iraq Michael Gunter
Chapter 13: Democratization and Ethnic Conflict: Transformation of Turkey's
Kurdish Question Ozum Yesiltas PART FOUR: ASIA Chapter 14: Methodological
Nationalism, Subalternity and Critical Race Theory: Competing Narratives of
National/Ethnic/Racial Identity in Iran. Alireza Asgharzadeh Chapter 15:
Identity and Representation: Marma People in the Chittagong Hills,
Bangladesh Chipamong Chowdhury Chapter 16: Myanmar: Nationalism, Security,
and Resilient Insurgents Marie Olson Lounsbery PART FIVE: EUROPE Chapter
17: The Basque Conflict Globally Speaking: Material Culture, Media and
Basque Identity in the Wider World J. P. Linstroth Chapter 18: Catalonia's
Struggle for Self-Determination: From Regionalism to Independence
Klaus-Jurgen Nagel PART SIX: THE AMERICAS Chapter 19: Brazilian Nationalism
and Urban Amerindians: Some 21st Century Dilemmas for Indigenous Peoples
Living in the Urban Amazon and Beyond J. P. Linstroth Chapter 20: Colonial
vs National Self-Determination in the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands Lowell
Gustafson Chapter 21: Puerto Rico: "The United States' Unacknowledged
Colony in the Caribbean" Margaret Power PART SEVEN: TOWARD RESOLUTION
Chapter 22: Resolving Nationalism Conflicts in the Postcolonial World
Fonkem Achankeng