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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797528303321

Titolo

Forging military identity in culturally pluralistic societies : quasi-ethnicity / / edited by Daniel G. Zirker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, [Maryland] : , : Lexington Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4985-0744-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (156 p.)

Disciplina

306.2/7096

Soggetti

Sociology, Military - Africa

Civil-military relations - Africa

Group identity - Africa

Ethnicity - Africa

Cultural pluralism - Africa

Sociology, Military - Suriname

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 The Army and Politics in Guinea; 3 Military Identity in Nigeria; 4 Tanzania and Uganda: Contrasting Similarities; 5 Ethnopolitics and the Military in Kenya; 6 Political Ethnicity and the Military in Algeria; 7 Forging a Military Identity in Suriname; 8 Conclusion; Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Ethno-politics has become a major force and source of conflict in the post-Cold War era. The challenge of the Twenty-First Century to military establishments in deeply plural societies is the formation of quasi-ethnic institutional unity from among diverse ethnic groups to prevent national ethnic conflicts from being mirrored within the army.