Nation-building as necessary effort in fragile states / René Grotenhuis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grotenhuis, René, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nation-building.

Nation-state.

Physical Description:

200 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2016]

Contents:

Cover; Table of contents; Prologue: The urgency of reality; 1. Struggling in the world of nation-states; Nation-state: Self-determination ́and international acceptance; The puzzling nation-state; 2. Nation and state; The Montevideo Convention: The defined state; The undefined nation; Nation and state intertwined; Does the state presuppose a nation?; Does the nation presuppose a state?; War and the making of the nation-state; An ideal model for the nation-state?; The nation-state in a globalizing world; The changing map of the world; The nation-state: A coveted object; The absent state

VignetteFrom commanders to governors in South Sudan; 3. Fragility: A donor's concept but not far from reality; Fragility: Definitions and reality; A conceptual model for fragility; Fragility: Social networks, governments and hybrid political order?; The New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States; Vignette; Blueprints, checklists and formats: Disarmament in the DRC; 4. Nation-building: Sovereignty and citizenship; The people as sovereign; Republican citizenship: In-between individual and community; Republican citizenship in fragile states; Citizenship as solid base for diversity

Who is the citizen?Citizenship under pressure in a globalizing world; Vignette; Protecting the role of local organizations in Afghanistan; 5. Nation-building and state-building and the challenge of fragility; Nation-building and state-building in international political discourse; The intertwined nature of nation-building and state-building; Nation-building and state-building: Trust as the linking pin; Why is state-building not good enough in fragile contexts?; Nation-building in fragile states: History never repeats itself; Vignette; Transitional Justice in Afghanistan

6. Peacemaking as the preliminary step towards nation-building and state-buildingVignette; An outspoken and inclusive mediator in Colombia; 7. The Scylla and Charybdis of nation-building; The Scylla of nation-building: Identity as exclusion; The Charybdis of nation-building: Silencing identity; Moderate patriotism; Vignette; NGOs blamed as allies of opposition in Burundi; 8. Nation-building: Identity and identification, process and content; The dangerous romanticism of homogeneous nation-states; From identity to identification; Identification and fragility; Heterogeneity in fragile states

Nationhood and minoritiesNation-building as nation-destroying; National identity as moving target; Vignette; Imagination of reality in Gaza; 9. National identity: A model and its content; National identity: The model of Shulman; Is Shulman's model applicable to fragile nation-states?; A modified model for fragile nation-states; Nationhood and civic identity; Nationhood and religious identity; Nationhood and cultural identity; Nationhood and ethnicity; From open to ascribed identity; Case; Bangsamoro nation; 10. A program for nation-building in fragile states

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789462982192

9462982198

OCLC:

944087431