Nationalism and intra-state conflicts in the postcolonial world / Fonkem Achankeng.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Political self-determination as an international norm : history, content, scope, and status in contemporary international law / Carlson Anyangwe -- Chasing the shadow : myths of nation-building in postcolonial states / Tatah-Mentan -- Nationalism, power politics, and pluralism in divided societies / Ali R. Abootalebi -- The pot and the kettle : failed states and the terrorization of the western Sahara peace process / Jacob Mundy -- Betrayal and abandonment : memory, history and conflict emotions in the narratives of British Southern Cameroons' nationalists / Fonkem Achankeng -- Ethnocentrism first and nationalism second : colonial/postcolonial constructions of conflict in Kenya / Daniel Karanja -- Ethnic nationalism and identity politics : reminiscences of Biafra and the quest for self- determination / Donald O. Omagu -- Ethnic and nationalist mobilization in South Sudan / Solomon Losha -- Somaliland and the crisis of the Somali nation / Hassan Khannenje -- British southern Cameroons in Cameroun republic : a salad bowl with unmitigating distinctive ingredients / Michael T. Ndemanu -- From victims to victors : the Kurdish challenge to the state in the Middle East / Ofra Bengio -- Kurdish nationalism and conflict in postcolonial Iraq / Michael Gunter -- Democratization and ethnic conflict : transformation of Turkey's Kurdish question / Ozum Yesiltas -- Methodological nationalism, subalternity and critical race theory : competing narratives of national/ethnic/racial identity in Iran / Alireza Asgharzadeh -- Identity and representation : Marma people in the Chittagong Hills, Bangladesh / Chipamong Chowdhury -- Myanmar : nationalism, security, and resilient insurgents / Marie Olson Lounsbery -- The Basque conflict globally speaking : material culture, media and Basque identity in the wider world / J.P. Linstroth -- Catalonia's struggle for self-determination : from regionalism to independence / Klaus-Jurgen Nagel -- Brazilian nationalism and urban Amerindians : some 21st century dilemmas for indigenous peoples living in the urban Amazon and beyond / J.P. Linstroth -- Colonial vs national self-determination in the Falkland (mAlvinas) Islands / Lowell Gustafson -- Puerto Rico : the United States' unacknowledged colony in the Caribbean / Margaret Power -- Resolving nationalism conflicts in the postcolonial world / Fonkem Achankeng.

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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.

English.

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