The politics of ethnicity and national identity

Summary: "An authoritative guide to the complexities of ethnic conflict in terms of linguistics, territory, and ethnicity in various regions, The Politics of Ethnicity and National Identity argues that ethnicity, used as a tool for oppression and for liberation, plays an influential and controversial role in constructive state-building. The contributors to this volume use various research methodologies to affirm that positive territorial identities often emerge from community-based organizations and groups. As an alternative to the derivative nationalist project that so far has only resulted in conditions for a soft state, this book examines the issue of whether ethnicity and community attachments are at the heart of civil conflict and war."--BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 9780820478883 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: viii, 188 p. ; 23 cm.
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Publisher: New York : Peter Lang, c2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-178) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Ch. 1. Introduction / Santosh C. Saha -- Ch. 2. Post-ethnic conflict reconstruction and the question of national identity in Asia and Africa / David E. Kiwuwa -- Ch. 3. Ethnicity and national identity externalized : impact of identity on foreign policy in post-Soviet Ukraine / Michael Grossman -- Ch. 4. The Black Panther Party's confrontation with ethnicity, race and class / Paul J. Magnarella -- Ch. 5. Centralization trends in Nigeria's PDP regime : addressing pluralism in contemporary African democracies / Rita Kiki Edozie -- Ch. 6. Identity, discrimination, and conflict among ethnic 'minorities at risk' in the modern world / Clayton D. Peoples -- Ch. 7. Ethnicity in Liberia and democratic governance / Edward Lama Wonkeryor -- Ch. 8. Politicized ethnicities versus tribal ethnicities : examples from Liberia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone / Abdul Karim Bangura -- Ch. 9. Saharan state-building and ethnicity : the social context / Santosh C. Saha.