Reclaiming the nation : the return of the national question in Africa, Asia and Latin 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

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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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 remilitarisation 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 redraws 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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Preface Introduction 1. The Fall and Rise of the National Question, by Sam Moyo & Paris Yeros Part I: Africa 2. Rethinking Pan-Africanism, Nationalism and the New Regionalism, by Thandika Mkandawire 3. Nation-Building and State Fracture in Sudan, by Mahmood Mamdani 4. After Zimbabwe: State, Nation and Region in Africa, by Sam Moyo & Paris Yeros Part II: Asia 5. Peripheral States in Asia under Neoliberalism and After, by Korkut Boratav 6. The National Question in India, by Sandeep Chachra 7. The Palestinian National Question: Settler-Colonialism and the International Power Regime, by Jamil Hilal 8. The National Question and the Unfinished Revolution in Nepal, by Hari Roka 9. Neoliberalism in Turkey, by Cem Somel Part III: Latin America 10. Latin American Thinking on the State and Development: From Statelessness to Statelessness, by Atilio A. Boron 11. The National Question and the Autonomy of the State in Bolivia, by Lorgio Orellana Aillon 12. Kirchner's Argentina: In Search of a New International Presence, by Javier A. Vadell 13. State and Nation in Brazil: Old Questions, New Challenges, by Sebastiao C. Velasco e Cruz & Reginaldo C. Moraes 14. Cleavages in South America and the Role of Venezuela, by Rafael Villa 15. National States: Which Way Forward?, by Samir Amin Notes on Contributors Index

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