Nation-Building : A Key Concept for Peaceful Conflict Transformation?
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (212 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Violent Conflicts, Conflict Prevention and Nation- building Ò Terminology and Political Concepts -- Globalisation and Nation-building Ò Not a Contradiction in Terms -- Democratisation and Nation-building in Î Divided SocietiesÌ -- Shaping the Nation Ò Ideological Aspects of Nation-building -- Deconstruction of States as an Opportunity for New Statism? The Example of Somalia and Somaliland -- Afghanistan: Nation-building in the Shadow of the Warlords and the Î War on TerrorÌ -- Nation-building by Occupation? Ò The Case of Iraq -- Between Self-determination and Multiethnicity Ò International Actors and Nation- building in Bosnia and Kosovo -- 9 Nigeria: The Oil State and the Crisis of Nation- building in Africa -- Between Projectitis and the Formation of Countervailing Power - NGOs in Nation- building Processes -- External Nation-building vs Endogenous Nation- forming - A Development Policy Perspective -- Nation-building: A Strategy for Regional Stabilisation and Confl ict Prevention -- Nation-building: Possibilities and Limitations of External Military Contributions -- Nation-states for Export? Nation- building between Military Intervention, Crisis Prevention and Development Policy -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index.
What is nation-building and is it ever going to succeed? A critical view from 'old Europe'.
9781849642637
Peace-building -- Developing countries. Nation-building -- Developing countries. Conflict management -- Developing countries. Military policy. Intervention (International law). International relations. Developing countries -- Politics and government.