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Ethno-national conflict is one of the central issues of modern
politics. Despite the emergence of approaches to managing it, from
nation-building to territorial autonomy, in recent years, the
application of these approaches has been uneven. Old conflicts
persist and new ones continually emerge. The authors of this book
contend that what is needed to drive forward the theory and
practice of ethno-national conflict management is a more nuanced
understanding of ethnicity and nationalism. The book addresses this
issue by linking theories of ethnicity and nationalism to theories
of conflict management. Its contributors share a common goal of
demonstrating that a nuanced understanding of ethnicity and
nationalism can beneficially inform conflict management in theory
and practice. To do so, they analyse both hot and cold conflict
zones, as well as cases that have been important in the development
of the most widely-used conflict management models. The book is
aimed at those interested in the theory and practice of
ethno-national conflict management as well as the study of
ethnicity and nationalism. It is well-suited for undergraduate and
advanced research students, experts and policy-makers. This book
was originally published as a special issue of Commonwealth and
Comparative Politics.
Rituals and performances are a key theme in the study of nations
and nationalism. With the aim of stimulating further research in
this area, this book explores, debates and evaluates the role of
rituals and performances in the emergence, persistence and
transformation of nations, nationalisms and national identity. The
chapters comprising this book investigate a diverse array of
contemporary and historical phenomena relating to the symbolic life
of nations, from the Yasukuni Shrine in Japan to the Louvre in
France, written by an interdisciplinary cast of world-renowned and
up-and-coming scholars. Each of the contributors has been
encouraged to think about how his or her particular approach and
methods relates to the others. This has given rise to several
recurring debates and themes running through the book over how
researchers ought to approach rituals and performances and how they
might best be studied. The Cultural Politics of Nationalism and
Nation-Building will appeal to students and scholars of ethnicity
and nationalism, sociology, political science, anthropology,
cultural studies, performance studies, art history and
architecture.
Rituals and performances are a key theme in the study of nations
and nationalism. With the aim of stimulating further research in
this area, this book explores, debates and evaluates the role of
rituals and performances in the emergence, persistence and
transformation of nations, nationalisms and national identity. The
chapters comprising this book investigate a diverse array of
contemporary and historical phenomena relating to the symbolic life
of nations, from the Yasukuni Shrine in Japan to the Louvre in
France, written by an interdisciplinary cast of world-renowned and
up-and-coming scholars. Each of the contributors has been
encouraged to think about how his or her particular approach and
methods relates to the others. This has given rise to several
recurring debates and themes running through the book over how
researchers ought to approach rituals and performances and how they
might best be studied. The Cultural Politics of Nationalism and
Nation-Building will appeal to students and scholars of ethnicity
and nationalism, sociology, political science, anthropology,
cultural studies, performance studies, art history and
architecture.
Ethno-national conflict is one of the central issues of modern
politics. Despite the emergence of approaches to managing it, from
nation-building to territorial autonomy, in recent years, the
application of these approaches has been uneven. Old conflicts
persist and new ones continually emerge. The authors of this book
contend that what is needed to drive forward the theory and
practice of ethno-national conflict management is a more nuanced
understanding of ethnicity and nationalism. The book addresses this
issue by linking theories of ethnicity and nationalism to theories
of conflict management. Its contributors share a common goal of
demonstrating that a nuanced understanding of ethnicity and
nationalism can beneficially inform conflict management in theory
and practice. To do so, they analyse both hot and cold conflict
zones, as well as cases that have been important in the development
of the most widely-used conflict management models. The book is
aimed at those interested in the theory and practice of
ethno-national conflict management as well as the study of
ethnicity and nationalism. It is well-suited for undergraduate and
advanced research students, experts and policy-makers. This book
was originally published as a special issue of Commonwealth and
Comparative Politics.
This book focuses on the recurring struggle over the meaning of the
Anglican Church's role in the Indian residential schools--a
long-running school system designed to assimilate Indigenous
children into Euro-Canadian culture, in which sexual,
psychological, and physical abuse were common. From the end of the
nineteenth century until the outset of twenty-first century, the
meaning of the Indian residential schools underwent a protracted
transformation. Once a symbol of the Church's sacred mission to
Christianize and civilize Indigenous children, they are now
associated with colonialism and suffering. In bringing this
transformation to light, the book addresses why the Church was so
quick to become involved in the Indian residential schools and why
acknowledgment of their deleterious impact was so protracted. In
doing so, the book adds to our understanding of the sociological
process by which perpetrators come to recognize themselves as such.
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