After Independence : Making and Protecting the Nation in Postcolonial and Postcommunist States.

Barrington, Lowell.

After Independence : Making and Protecting the Nation in Postcolonial and Postcommunist States. - 1st ed. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2006. ©2006. - 1 online resource (317 pages)

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Intro -- Contents -- Preface & -- Acknowledgments -- I . Introduction -- 1 Nationalism & -- Independence -- II. Postcolonial Nationalism -- 2. Nationalism in Postcolonial States -- 3. From Malay Nationalism to a Malaysian Nation? -- 4. Rwanda: Tragic Land of Dual Nationalisms -- 5. From Irredentism to Secession: The Decline of Pan-Somali Nationalism -- III. Postcommunist Nationalism -- 6. The Post-Soviet Nationsafter Independence -- 7. Nationalism in Post-Soviet Lithuania: New Approaches for the Nation of "Innocent Sufferers -- 8. Kravchuk to the Orange Revolution: The Victory of Civic Nationalism in Post-Soviet Ukraine -- 9. Post-Soviet Armenia: Nationalism & -- Its (Dis)contents -- 10. Georgia: Nationalism from under the Rubble -- IV. Conclusion -- 11. Nationalism, Nation Making, & -- the Postcolonial Statesof Asia, Africa, & -- Eurasia -- Contributors -- Index.

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.

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Newly independent states - Politics and government.


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