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The National Question
Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and Self-Determination in the Twentieth Century
edited by Berch Berberoglu
Temple University Press, 1995
The class forces that have come to play a central role in directing movements in different socio-political, temporal, and geographic settings are explored in case studies of * the political history of nationalist movements in Palestine, Kurdistan, South Africa, Northern Ireland, Puerto Rico, the Basque Country, and Quebec * the role of the state in ethnic conflicts in India, China, the former Soviet Union, and the former Yugoslavia *the role of women and issues of gender and class in Africa, the Middle East, and Central America.
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Reclaiming the Nation
The Return of the National Question in Africa, Asia and Latin America
Edited by Sam Moyo and Paris Yeros
Pluto Press, 2011

This book compares the trajectories of states and societies in Africa, Asia and Latin America under neoliberalism, a time marked by serial economic crises, escalating social conflicts, the re-militarisation of North-South relations and the radicalisation of social and nationalist forces.

Sam Moyo and Paris Yeros bring together researchers and activists from the three continents to assess the state of national sovereignty and the challenges faced by popular movements today. They show that global integration has widened social and regional inequalities within countries, exacerbated ethnic, caste, and racial conflicts, and generally reduced the bureaucratic capacities of states to intervene in a defensive way. Moreover, inequalities between the countries of the South have also widened. These structural tensions have all contributed to several distinct political trajectories among states: from fracture and foreign occupation, to radicalisation and uncertain re-stabilisation.

This book re-draws the debate on the political economy of the contemporary South and provides students of international studies with an important collection of readings.

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