The National Question

Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and Self-Determination in the Twentieth Century

Edited by Berch Berberoglu

This volume examines the volatile nature and complex dynamics of national movements and ethnic conflict around the world. The class forces that have come to play a central role in directing movements in different socio-political, temporal, and geographic settings are explored in case studies of

* the political history of nationalist movements in Palestine, Kurdistan, South Africa, Northern Ireland, Puerto Rico, the Basque Country, and Quebec

* the role of the state in ethnic conflicts in India, China, the former Soviet Union, and the former Yugoslavia

* the role of women and issues of gender and class in Africa, the Middle East, and Central America.

Contents

Introduction

Part I. The National Question in the Third World

1. Palestinian Nationalism and the Struggle for National Self-Determination

   Gordon Welty

2. The Kurdish National Movement and the Struggle for National Autonomy

   Ferhad Ibrahim

3. Apartheid and the National Question in South Africa

Martin J. Murray

4. Ethnicity, Religion, and National Politics in India

    Dipankar Gupta

5. Women in National Liberation Struggles in the Third World

   M. Bahati Kuumba and Ona Altson Dosunmu

Part II. The National Question in the Advanced Capitalist Countries

6. Puerto Rican Nationalism and the Struggle for Independence

    Juan Manuel Carrión

7. The National Question and the Struggle against British Imperialism in Northern Ireland

    Marin Orr

8. Basque Nationalism and the Struggle for Self-Determination in the Basque Country

    Francisco Letamendía

9. Quebec Nationalism and the Struggle for Sovereignty in French Canada

    Gilles Bourque

Part III. Socialism and the Nationalities Question

10. The Nationalities Question in the Former Soviet Union: Transcaucasia, the Baltics, and Central Asia

    Levon Chorbajian

11. National Minorities and Nationalities Policy in China

    Gerard Postiglione

12. Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and Self-Determination in the Former Yugoslavia

    Jasminka Udovicki

Publication date: 1995

ISBN: 1-56639-342-6 BERNQ (cloth)

1-56639-343-4 BERNQP (paper)

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