Description
Book SynopsisCompares the trajectories of states and societies in Africa, Asia and Latin America under neoliberalism.
Trade Review'This book is about the new nationalist resurgence [against neo-liberalism]. It is the work of a committed and engaged scholarship, one which does not pretend to be neutral in the struggle between imperialism and the working people' -- Issa Shivji, Mwalimu Nyerere University Professor, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
'Provides essential clues to understand the present nature of the state in the periphery and to re-connect the South through all its dimensions' -- Gladys Lechini, Professor of International Relations, National University of Rosario, Argentina
'Provides a holistic and systematic investigation of the relevance of the National Question in the contemporary South. It is one of the finest collections to engage with the relevant issues at the current juncture' -- Praveen Jha, Centre for Economics Studies and Planning (CESP), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India
Table of ContentsPreface
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 Sebastião 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
