The project behind this book started shortly after Gender and Nation (1997, Sage) was
published, although it took quite a few years before it was crystallized into this format. In a …

How is the internet transforming the relationships between citizens and states? What
happens to politics when international migration is coupled with digital media, making it …

The relationship between democratization and war has recently sparked a lively debate. We
find that transitions from autocracy that become stalled prior to the establishment of coherent …

We began to think seriously about nationalism, perhaps like many others, when faced with
the catastrophic consequences of what appeared to be a sudden explosion of nationalism in …

Japan's heritage conservation policy and practice, as deployed through its foreign aid
programs, has become one of the main means through which post-World War II Japan has …

With broad lines and dark shading, the cartographic depictions of ancient states and
empires convey the impression of comprehensive political entities having firm boundaries …

For Eritreans in diaspora, identities are deterritorialized, one's most pressing communication
may be with far‐flung strangers in cyberspace, and one's political engagement is centered …

This book examines the impact of the federal restructuring of Ethiopia on ethnic conflicts.
The adoption of ethnic federalism in Ethiopia was closely related with the problem of …

Somalia has been without a functioning state ever since 1991, when the former dictator,
Siyad Barre, was overthrown. None of the competing factions were strong enough to take his …

In the late 19th century, the port of Massawa, in Eritrea on the Red Sea, was a thriving,
vibrant, multiethnic commercial hub. Red Sea Citizens tells the story of how Massawa rose …