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Pulling Together or Pulling Apart?
Perspectives on Nationhood, Identity, and Belonging in Europe
Av Susana Belenguer, Nicola Brady
Häftad, 2020
443 kr
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In the aftermath of the twentieth century’s raging warfare, attempts were made to create an environment in which new relationships between European nations could be built around a common identity. Yet, in the twenty-first century, identity conflicts are gaining a new intensity in parts of the …
Disintegration of Bosnia and Herzegovina
From Ethnic Cleansing to Ethnified Governance
Av Alim Baluch
Häftad, 2018
856 kr
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This book argues that the «international community» created and managed the dysfunctional state of Bosnia and Herzegovina by effectively rewarding ethnic cleansing, drawing up a transitional constitution which, in turn, generated a complex ethnifying polity incapable of independent reform. This …
East-West Discourse
Symbolic Geography and its Consequences
Häftad, 2010
826 kr
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Political actors from many different countries locate their home country as a unique transition point between «the East» and «the West». The terms «east» and «west» have become highly symbolic, yet also have a relative meaning, since every place is east of somewhere, and west of somewhere else. …
‘Undetermined’ Ukrainians
Post-War Narratives of the Waffen SS ‘Galicia’ Division
Häftad, 2013
800 kr
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Memories of the Second World War play an important role in contemporary politics and society across Eastern Europe. One of the most controversial yet least studied pages of Ukraine’s wartime history is that of the Waffen SS ‘Galicia’ Division, whose members are usually portrayed either as war …
Hungary and Romania Beyond National Narratives
Comparisons and Entanglements
Av Anders Blomqvist, Constantin Iordachi m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
1031 kr
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This volume explores bilateral relations between Romania and Hungary and examines the entangled history of their two peoples. Going beyond traditional nation-centred narratives, the contributors approach the shared pasts of Romanians and Hungarians within a transnational research framework. Writing …
Negotiating Linguistic Identity
Language and Belonging in Europe
Av Virve-Anneli Vihman, Kristiina Praakli
Häftad, 2013
1050 kr
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This volume addresses the themes of language, identity and linguistic politics in Europe. The twelve essays draw on approaches and methodologies from a range of disciplines, from sociolinguistics and contact linguistics to cultural history, psychology and policy studies. Together, they offer a …
Attitudes to National Identity in Melanesia and Timor-Leste
A Survey of Future Leaders in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Timor-Leste
Av Heather Wallace, Matthew Clarke m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
642 kr
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This book examines the attitudes of tertiary students in Melanesia and Timor-Leste to national identity and key issues of nation-building. Their views are pivotal to understanding the challenges of building a more cohesive sense of national identity and political community in these states. …
Challenge of Non-Territorial Autonomy
Theory and Practice
Av Ephraim Nimni, Alexander Osipov m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
692 kr
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This book explores and evaluates non-territorial autonomy (NTA), an important modality of ethnic and religious diversity management. Whereas multicultural liberal democracies sincerely champion equality and individual human rights, they often have considerable difficulty in accommodating culturally …
Contested Borders
Territorialization, National Identity and «Imagined Geographies» in Albania
Av Ilir Kalemaj
Häftad, 2014
825 kr
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This book argues that power struggles between internal and diasporic elites play a central role in the development of political agendas that have the potential to shift national borders. The author uses Albania as the primary case study, examining how the understanding of the Albanian nation has …
Polish Patriotism after 1989
Concepts, Debates, Identities
Häftad, 2016
915 kr
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This book analyses the concept of patriotism and the contestation over its meaning in key public debates in Poland over the last twenty-five years. It focuses on the strategies used to define, re-shape and «bend» the notion of patriotism, which during this period has become a central issue in …
Basque Nationhood
Towards a Democratic Scenario
Av Pedro Ibarra Güell, Åshild Kolås
Häftad, 2016
934 kr
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Debates about Basque self-determination were curtailed for decades by political violence, involving both the actions of ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna) and the counter-terrorism activities of Spain and France. In 2011, ETA announced a permanent cessation of operations. Since then, stakeholders have …
Privatizing Democracy
Global Ideals, European Politics and Basque Territories
Av Jule Goikoetxea, Krzysztof Jaskulowski m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
788 kr
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Democratization is a process of collective emancipation through self-government. Continuous political contestation is essential for emancipation but, in order to know which strategies and conditions will emancipate us, we also need to know which ones subjugate us. Political mechanisms with the …
Kashubs: Past and Present
Past and Present
Av Cezary Obracht-Prondzynski, Tomasz Wicherkiewicz
Häftad, 2011
673 kr
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The Kashubs, a regional autochthonous group inhabiting northern Poland, represent one of the most dynamic ethnic groups in Europe. As a community, they have undergone significant political, social, economic and cultural change over the last hundred years. At the beginning of the twentieth century, …
Redemptive or Grotesque Nationalism
Rethinking Contemporary Politics in Zimbabwe
Av Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, James Muzondidya
Häftad, 2011
816 kr
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At the beginning of 2000, with the launch of the so-called Third Chimurenga, Zimbabwean nationalism revealed some of its most grotesque aspects, resulting in a polarisation of the nation into ‘patriots’ and ‘sell-outs’ and dividing academics into groups such as ‘regime intellectuals’, …
Changing Polish Identities
Post-War and Post-Accession Polish Migrants in Manchester
Av Agniezka Bielewska-Mensah, Krzysztof Jaskulowski m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
576 kr
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This book discusses how globalization transforms national identity, comparing the assertion that globalization disembeds national culture with contrasting claims that identities remain primarily anchored in national space. It examines the impact of mobility on identity and explores the role of …
Nationalisms and Identities among Indigenous Peoples
Case Studies from North America
Av Martina Neuburger, H. Peter Dörrenbächer
Häftad, 2014
598 kr
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This book investigates nationalisms and the emergence of national identities among the Indigenous peoples across North America. It examines the many difficulties which the Native communities have had to face in order to assert themselves as nations, as well as looking at the ambiguity of the term …
Nationalisms Today
Av Tomasz Kamusella, Krzysztof Jaskulowski
Häftad, 2009
719 kr
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After the end of communism and the breakups of the studiously anational polities of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia into successor nation-states, nationalism and ethnicity returned to the fore of international politics. Earlier these forces had been relegated to the back burner of history when the …
Making History in Mugabe’s Zimbabwe
Politics, Intellectuals and the Media
Av Blessing-Miles Tendi, Krzysztof Jaskulowski m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
629 kr
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The crisis that has engulfed Zimbabwe since 2000 is not simply a struggle against dictatorship. It is also a struggle over ideas and deep-seated historical issues, still unresolved from the independence process, that both Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF regime and Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC are vying first to …
