Nation-building - A Key Concept for Peaceful Conflict Transformation ?

Informationen zum Autor Jochen Hippler is a political scientist and peace researcher based at the University of Duisburg-Essen. He is the former Director of the Transnational Institute (TNI) in Amsterdam, and author of Nation-Building (Pluto, 2005) and The Next Threat (Pluto, 1995). Klappentext The term 'nation-building' has experienced a remarkable renaissance since the early 1990s. It has been used to describe and to justify the military interventions in Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq. Linked to the idea of 'failed' or 'failing' states, the concept is used to hide and legitimise a whole range of diverse policies, allowing foreign powers to control and reshape countries in areas of conflict.Currently the international debate on nation building is heavily dominated by US actors and authors, especially by writers connected to the Bush administration or its policies. This book presents academic and political alternatives, presenting a critical view from 'Old Europe'.The book combines academic research and analysis with policy orientation, with contributors from both fields. It clarifies the terminology distinguishing developmental, peace-related, imperial and analytical approaches to nation-building. Highlighting its connections to globalization, democracy, ethnic and religious minorities, the contributors consider case studies such as Somalia, the Balkans, Afghanistan, Iraq and Nigeria. Zusammenfassung What is nation-building and is it ever going to succeed? A critical view from 'old Europe'.

Product details

• Authors: Jochen Hippler
• Assisted by: Jochen Hippler (Editor), Hippler Jochen (Editor)
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2005
• EAN: 9780745323350
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-2335-0
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 136 mm x 216 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Afghanistan, Nigeria, Somalia, Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, International Relations, Political structures: democracy, Yugoslavia, Iraq, Yugoslavia & Former Yugoslavia, Political structures / systems: democracy