Reclaiming the Nation: The Return of the National Question in Africa, Asia and Latin America - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0745330827 ISBN 13: 9780745330822

Casa editrice: Pluto Press, 2011

Riassunto

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 re-militarisation 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 re-draws 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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Recensione:

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. It is most welcome and should be read by our scholars and activists of the tri-continent. (Issa Shivji, Mwalimu Nyerere University Professor, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)

This collaborative approach to revisiting the national question in the South has assembled a stellar group of scholars working and studying in Africa, Asia and Latin America... This book 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)

This excellent collection of essays 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)

L'autore:

Sam Moyo is Executive Director of the African Institute of Agrarian Studies, Harare, Zimbabwe, and President of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa. He has published extensively on land, agrarian and environmental issues, and has served as director on various boards of research networks and institutes in Africa. His books include the co-edited volume Reclaiming the Land (2005).

Paris Yeros is Adjunct Professor of International Relations at the Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and Research Associate of the African Institute of Agrarian Studies. His books include the co-edited volume Reclaiming the Land (2005).

 

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• Editore: Pluto Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0745330827
• ISBN 13: 9780745330822
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 360
• Redattore: Moyo Sam