ISBN:
978-90-04-15790-3
ISSN:
1568-1203
Language:
English
Pages:
XII, 277 Seiten
,
Karte
Series Statement:
African Social Studies Series 16
Keywords:
Afrika, Subsahara Nation
;
Nationalität
;
Konflikt
;
Identität
;
Ethnizität
Abstract:
Who belongs to the nation? How is citizenship defined? And why have such identities become so politically explosive in recent years? This book explores the instrumental manipulation of citizenship and narrowing definitions of national-belonging which refract recent political struggles in Zimbabwe, Cote d`Ivoire, Cameroon, Somalia, Tanzania, and South Africa. Conflicts which have arisen over the resources of the post-colonial state are increasingly legitimated through recourse to claims of nationhood and citizenship. The contributors address the historical roots of national and ethnic identities, the material and symbolic resources which are contested within states, and the relative importance of elite manipulation and subaltern agency. (Umschlagtext)
Description / Table of Contents:
Maps -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Contributors -- Part One Citizenship, Nation and Africa -- Part Two Inclusion, Exclusion and Conflict -- Part Three Land and Belonging -- Part Four Nations Building Boundaries -- Part Five Present, Past and Future of Citizenship in Africa -- Index
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