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Zusatztext 'This is an outstanding book which combines archival work and history with theoretical innovation and insight to provide a fresh understanding of an enduring and tragic phenomenon, ethnic conflict. What makes this study distinctive and powerful is that its doctrinal analysis is illuminated by historical and sociological studies of nationalism. As a result, the particular case studies explored here have a far-reaching relevance. It is superbly written, and has a special quality of momentum that makes it very readable as the argument unfolds with evidence and research carefully integrated to further the broader movement.' Antony Anghie, University of Utah and National University of Singapore Informationen zum Autor Mohammad Shahabuddin is Professor of International Law and Human Rights at Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham. He received a Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship (2018–20) for completing this monograph. His previous book, Ethnicity and International Law (Cambridge, 2016), offered the first ever comprehensive analysis of how ethnicity shaped international law. Zusammenfassung The first comprehensive study of postcolonial statehood in international law from minority perspectives. Researchers from a wide range of disciplines will find this useful as a reference text and course reading. Policy-makers on humanitarian disasters, such as the ongoing Rohingya crisis, will also benefit from this multidisciplinary research. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: 1. Geneses of ethno-nationalism in postcolonial states; 2. Minorities and the 'ideology' of the postcolonial state; Part II: 3. The postcolonial 'national' state: boundaries and international law; 4. The postcolonial 'liberal' state: self-determination, minorities, and international law; 5. The postcolonial 'developmental' state: minority perspectives and international law; Conclusion.
