Coups, Rebel Movements, Civil Strife and Ethnic Violence as Symptoms of the Crisis in the Nation-building Process in Central African Republic

We define nation-building as a process which leads to the formation of countries in which the citizens feel a sufficient amount of commonality of interests, goals and preferences so that they do not wish to separate from each other. It can also be said that nation-building is a process in which the government, the state or a group of elites act with the aim of creating national unity and reducing divisions in society. In this regard, groups and ethnicities come together to form a national identity. Nation and nation-building are two modern phenomena and the elements of the nation-building process, which are patriotic unity, citizenship, collective identity, equal opportunities for all citizens and a common language, are the foundations of the formation of a modern state. In this research and theoretically, the concept of nation-building and its constituent elements and the importance of this process for the Kurdistan region are discussed. The main question in this research is the question of the national existence of the Kurd. Is there a nation in the Kurdistan region? If so, how? If not, why not? Should nation-building or state-building be a priority for the Kurds in the Kurdistan region?

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USTANAWIANIE AMERYKAŃSKIEJ WŁADZY KOLONIALNEJ NA FILIPINACH

Zeszyty Prawnicze ◽

10.21697/zp.2015.15.3.03 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 47

Author(s):

Zbigniew Lewicki

Keyword(s):

Nation Building ◽

The United States ◽

The Philippines ◽

World War ◽

World War 2 ◽

Building Process ◽

The Usa ◽

Subsequent Withdrawal ◽

Colonial Government ◽

American Civil Society

Establishing American Colonial Government in thePhilippinesSummaryThe Philippines was the only American colony and its establishmentcaused a fierce debate in the United States on whether this complied withthe principles of American civil society. It was decided that returning thearchipelago to Spain or simply abandoning it was out of the question,and that the USA would retain its sovereignty over the islands whilepreparing the country for independence.This is in fact what happened. After the period of military strugglewith the forces of Emilio Aguinaldo, Americans began what would todaybe described as a nation-building process. Its most important components were the health system and education, along with the training ofadministrative staff, who assumed more and more responsibility. Thiswas in stark contrast with the behaviour of traditional colonial powers.While the process was somewhat slower than expected, and wasinterrupted by the outbreak of World War 2, the Philippines becameindependent soon after the war and the process of transition was conducted in an orderly fashion.The article, the first on the topic in Poland, analyses the successivephases in the building up of American colonial control of the Philippinesand its subsequent withdrawal.

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National narration and Politics of Memory in post-socialist Georgia

Slovak Journal of Political Sciences ◽

10.1515/sjps-2017-0010 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 222-240

Author(s):

Salome Dundua ◽

Tamar Karaia ◽

Zviad Abashidze

Keyword(s):

Historical Memory ◽

Nation Building ◽

State Building ◽

Key Factors ◽

Politics Of Memory ◽

Memory Politics ◽

Cultural Life ◽

Future State ◽

Building Process ◽

The Rose

Abstract The article is dedicated to analyse the politics of so called “historical memory” during the state-building and nation-building process in post-socialist Georgia After the Rose Revolution 2003, the new government that aimed at building the “new Georgia,” implementing radical changes in many key spheres, including institutions, readdressing the totalitarian past, faced number of problematic manifestations in political and cultural life in this post-Soviet country. The “politics of memory” became one of the key factors of reconstructing of “new, democratic, western Georgia”. This process can be evaluated as leading toward state nationalism. Analyzing the politics of memory, symbolism is the most notable attitude and that is why former President Mikheil Saakashvili used commemorative ceremonies continuously. The authors argue in favour of approach, that the so called “memory politics” is the integral part of one’s legitimacy building, but at the same time, it can be used as tool for reconsidering of Polity’s future and mobilization of population under the “citizenship” umbrella towards the strong loyalty to the actual and future state-building.

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L’ortodossia ucraina: verso l’unità o la frantumazione?

Eurasiatica - L’Ucraina alla ricerca di un equilibrio ◽

10.30687/978-88-6969-382-3/012 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Simona Merlo

Keyword(s):

Nation Building ◽

Orthodox Church ◽

Building Process ◽

History Of

The so-called ‘reunification council’, which in December 2018 gave birth to the new Orthodox Church of Ukraine, had as its objective the overcoming of the tripartite division of the country’s orthodoxy. The new ecclesiastical structure, recognized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate, should constitute the national Church of the Ukrainian state and contribute to the nation building process promoted by the Kiev leadership. In reality, all the contradictions related to the particular history of Ukrainian orthodoxy and its connection with Moscow emerged, while the division spread to the whole Orthodox world.

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Contacts, Collisions and Relationships

10.3828/liverpool/9781786941725.001.0001 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Andrés Baeza Ruz

Keyword(s):

Cultural History ◽

Nation Building ◽

State Building ◽

Nation State ◽

Spanish American ◽

Cultural Encounters ◽

Building Process ◽

The World ◽

State Actors ◽

Independence Era

This is a study on the relations between Britain and Chile during the Spanish American independence era (1806–1831). These relations were characterised by a dynamic, unpredictable and changing nature, being imperialism only one and not the exclusive way to define them. The book explores how Britons and Chileans perceived each other from the perspective of cultural history, considering the consequences of these ‘cultural encounters’ for the subsequent nation–state building process in Chile. From 1806 to 1831 both British and Chilean ‘state’ and ‘non–state’ actors interacted across several different ‘contact zones’, and thereby configured this relationship in multiple ways. Although the extensive presence of ‘non–state’ actors (missionaries, seamen, educators and merchants) was a manifestation of the ‘expansion’ of British interests to Chile, they were not necessarily an expression of any British imperial policy. There were multiple attitudes, perceptions, representations and discourses by Chileans on the role played by Britain in the world, which changed depending on the circumstances. Likewise, for Britons, Chile was represented in multiple ways, being the image of Chile as a pathway to other markets and destinations the most remarkable. All these had repercussions in the early nation–building process in Chile.

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Epilogue

Children Born of War in the Twentieth Century ◽

10.7228/manchester/9781526104588.003.0008 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Sabine Lee

Keyword(s):

Nation Building ◽

Post Conflict ◽

Building Process

The final chapter concludes that national militaries and governments, for centuries, have ignored the offspring of their soldiers conceived in frequently exploitative relations. Governments only deviated from this approach, if those children born of war could be used for political purposes or as part of a nation-building process in which they had the potential of strengthening their paternal home. Yet, despite a multitude of challenges, many CBOW in a variety of post-conflict societies demonstrate considerable resilience.

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