Homelands

G. Shelef Nadav

Description

Why are some territorial partitions accepted as the appropriate borders of a nation's homeland, whereas in other places conflict continues despite or even because of division of territory? In Homelands, Nadav G. Shelef develops a theory of what homelands are that acknowledges both their importance in domestic and international politics and their change over time. These changes, he argues, driven by domestic political competition and help explain the variation in whether partitions resolve conflict.Homelands also provides systematic, comparable data about the homeland status of lost territory over time that allow it to bridge the persistent gap between constructivist theories of nationalism and positivist empirical analyses of international relations.

Sujets

• Histoire
• Israel
• History of the Middle East
• International relations
• Middle East

Informations

• Publié par: Cornell University Press
• Date de parution: 15 juillet 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781501712364
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 9 Mo

Extrait

HOMELANDS

HOMELANDS Shifting Borders and Territorial Disputes

CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS

Nadav G. Shelef

ITHACA AND LONDON

Copyright © 2020 by Cornell University

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First published 2020 by Cornell University Press

Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data

Names: Shelef, Nadav G. (Nadav Gershon), 1974– author. Title: Homelands : shifting borders and territorial disputes / Nadav G. Shelef. Description: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2020. | Includes  bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2019044592 (print) | LCCN 2019044593 (ebook) |  ISBN 9780801453489 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780801479922 (paperback) |  ISBN 9781501712364 (pdf) | ISBN 9781501709722 (epub) Subjects: LCSH: Boundaries. | Territory, National. | Boundary disputes. |  Geopolitics. | Irredentism. | Nationalism. Classification: LCC JC323 .S548 2020 (print) | LCC JC323 (ebook) |  DDC 320.1/2—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019044592 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019044593

To M., A., and R., with love

Contents

List of Illustrations and Tables Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations

Introduction 1.  Understanding Homelands 2.  The Shifting Contours of the German Homeland 3.  Italy’s Forgotten Partition 4.  Homelands and Change in a Stateless Nation 5.  The Withdrawal of Homeland Territoriality in a CrossNational Perspective 6.  Losing Homelands and Conflict Conclusion

Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

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Illustrations and Tables

Illustrations 1.1.  Mapimage of the homeland by the Ethiopian Derg, 1974 1.2.  Mapimage of the homeland by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, 1984 2.1.  Germany’s shifting borders 2.2.  SPD mapimage of the homeland, 1948 2.3.  SPD mapimage of the homeland, 1949 2.4.  SPD mapimage of the homeland, 1955 2.5.  CDU mapimage of the homeland, 1947 2.6.  CDU mapimage of the homeland, 1953 2.7.  CDU mapimage of the homeland, 1980 2.8.  CDU mapimage of the homeland, 1990 3.1.  Mapimage of the Italian homeland, 1916 3.2.  Borders in Venezia Giulia 4.1.  Borders of Mandatory Palestine 5.1.  Percent of post1945 new borders in which homeland territoriality is applied to lost lands 5.2.  Proportion of years under observation in which homeland territoriality was applied to lost lands 5.3.  Baseline hazard rate of claiming lost homeland territory as part of the homeland 5.4.  Effect of democracy on the risk of applying homeland territoriality to lost parts of the homeland the longer a state is continuously democratic 5.5.  Effect of democratic longevity at different ages 5.6.  Effect of other significant factors 6.1.  Probability of international conflict given loss of homeland and nonhomeland territory

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