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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824049603321

Titolo

Nation-building : a key concept for peaceful conflict transformation

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified] : , : Pluto in association with the Development and Peace Foundation Bonn, , 2005

ISBN

1-84964-263-X

1-281-75073-5

9786611750732

1-4356-6246-6

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 pages)

Disciplina

327.172

Soggetti

Peace-building - Developing countries

Nation-building - Developing countries

Conflict management - Developing countries

Military policy

Intervention (International law)

International relations

Law, Politics & Government

Developing countries Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

What is nation-building and is it ever going to succeed? A critical view from 'old Europe'.