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NATIONALISM AND IDENTITY IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD

NATIONALISM AND IDENTITY IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD. David J. Keeling Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, Kentucky American Geographical Society. The Prevailing Paradox.

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NATIONALISM AND IDENTITY IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD

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  1. NATIONALISM AND IDENTITY IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD David J. Keeling Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, Kentucky American Geographical Society

  2. The Prevailing Paradox • Globalization forces are creating a more integrated world – greater economic interaction and more exposure to global culture • At the same time, societies are seeking to affirm group identities and to determine their own socio-political destinies based around a territorial framework

  3. Emerging Nations and States ● Historically, humans identified along tribal, ethnic, or similar lines ● Over time, territorial relationships were developed – attachment to a space or place ● Concept of “nation-state” emerged in Europe - 1648 Peace of Westphalia

  4. Agglomeration and Fragmentation • From tens of thousands of ethno-tribal groups, the planet’s geopolitical makeup distilled by 1900 to around 55 political states (and any number of colonies and occupied territories (e.g. British India) • Since 1918, the number of political states (nation-states) has grown to over 200 • Over 4,000 unique ethno-linguistic groups

  5. POLITICAL STATES IN 1902 http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/govt1900.htm

  6. POLITICAL STATES & REGIONS 2009 About 65% of Pop. = Democratic About 25% = communist About 10% = Military or Other

  7. CASE STUDIES – INDIA & TANZANIA Hinduism and Colonialism After Partition and Independence

  8. Key Elements of Nationalism and Identity Language Religion Ethnic Identity Minority Status Resource Access Political Autonomy Accessibility

  9. ETHNO-LINGUISTIC DIFFERENCES AND SOCIAL RUPTURE

  10. TERRITORIAL CLAIMS AS A BASIS FOR CONFLICTS

  11. KASHMIR Struggle for control over territory, determination of identity, and right of “self determination”

  12. Similar identity issues face the people of Cambodia

  13. Artificial States Afghanistan, Iraq, and many African states are the product of colonial territorial decisions

  14. IRAQ’S RELIGIOUS DIVISIONS How can a “national” identity be created out of multiple religious, ethnic, and linguistic identities?

  15. TANZANIA’S COMPLEXITY

  16. WHAT ARE SOME IMPLICATIONS? Bloody State Collapse, as in Yugoslavia in the 1990s Conflict-Free Divorce between Slovakia and Czechia

  17. DIASPORIC AND STATELESS PEOPLES

  18. DISPLACED PEOPLES

  19. Devolution or Autonomy? Pan-Celtic Region Nunavik Territory, Canada

  20. Nationalism versus Globalization?

  21. Political Unification Creation of a unified Italy and Germany in the 19th Century Reunification of East and West Germany Possible Reunification of North and South Korea

  22. A United States of Europe?

  23. Is Global Democracy Achievable? Can Conflictive Nationalism be Eliminated?

  24. THANK YOU! Please have a wonderful time in Dubai and Tanzania

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