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"Serial no. 109-247." ; Shipping list no.: 2008-0076-P. ; Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche. ; Includes bibliographical references. ; Mode of access: Internet.

The article examines the progress that has been made on the post-civil war state-building project in Sierra Leone. (...) The article probes 1) the efforts to re-invigorate old state institutions; 2) the efforts to create new state institutions; and 3) the efforts by these public institutions to establish democratic control over the body politic. The findings indicate that appreciable amount of efforts have been made in the re-establishment of old state institutions and in the creation of new ones. However, much work needs to be done in the re-establishment of the judiciary. As for new state institutions, three major ones have been established to deal with reconciliation, corruption and war crimes. On the issue of these public institutions establishing democratic control over territorial Sierra Leone, while some progress has been made, much work remans. One of the major hurdles that needs to be overcome is the establishment of law and order throughout the country. The article then discusses the impediments to state-building in Sierra Leone and concludes by mapping out a suggested trajectory for overcoming these impediments. (...) (AAS/DÜI)

"August 2005." ; Includes bibliographical references (p. 27-29) ; Stabilization and reconstruction: a strategic requirement -- The Army misreads the future landscape -- The consequence of rapid decisive force to promote stability -- The winds of change begin to blow -- Understanding stabilization versus reconstruction -- A closer look at stabilization -- Progressive stabilization concept: the missing link -- Implications for the Army's future expeditionary force -- Army modularity: right effort aimed at the wrong target -- Shift and adjust: bring modularity on target. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Historians usually try to understand and interpret the reasons for the successful result of national movements. Less attractive seems to be the question, why the early "nationalists" took the decision to persuade the members of their ethnie to accept a new national identity, i.e., why did Phase B start? The author of this article formulated many years ago the hypothesis that this decision had to do with the identity crisis caused by great reforms and changes which put in question the old system of values and legitimacy, and eroded old pre-modern ties in patriarchal or late "feudal" societies. The article tries to check this hypothesis analyzing the turn towards Phase B in the case of Czech intellectuals (in Bohemia) at the end of the eighteenth and first decade of the nineteenth centuries, in the time of radical enlightened reforms and of the wars against the French Revolution. Loosening their old ties and traditional values, these intellectuals tried to find a new identity with their nation-to-be. The author argues that this decision was not a voluntarist mood or "nationalist" plague but that it had serious social motivation. The same can be said about the turn of the incipient Czech national movement towards language and literature. (Original abstract)

This is a case study of the clerical-nationalist Slovak state established under Nazi protection during WWII. As the only example of Slovak political independence prior to the break-up of Czechoslovakia in 1993, nationalist interpretations of its legacy have helped shape the Slovak discourse on postcommunist state & nation building. To explore the impact of the Slovak state on the development of Slovak nationalism, this article examines how the ideology of the Slovak state structured the relationship between the individual, state, & nation; the roots of the regime's ideology; & the ramifications of this ideology for governance during the period of statehood. Through this exploration, I hope both to contribute to a fuller understanding of the relationship between ethnic nationalism & authoritarian patterns of governance & to lay the groundwork for further study of the sources of postcommunist Slovak political culture. 24 References. Adapted from the source document.

Reviews and discusses Orest Subtelny, 'Ukraine, a history'; and Paul R. Magosci. 'A history of Ukraine'. (Original abstract - amended)

Der Verfasser setzt sich zunächst mit den aktuellen Theorien zur Entstehung von Nationen auseinander und zeigt, dass beide dominierende Flügel politischer Theorien auf diesem Gebiet, der Kontextualismus wie der Konstruktivismus, zu einem gewissen Reduktionismus in der Erklärung der Entstehung von Nationen geführt haben. Dieser Reduktionismus kann nach Ansicht des Verfassers durch ein Anknüpfen an Nietzsche überwunden werden. Nationen erscheinen dann als schwer fassbare Konstrukte unterschiedlicher subjektiver Perzeptionen aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven. Für die Untersuchung dieser Perspektiven kann Foucaults genealogische Methode nutzbringend angewendet werden. (BIOst-Wpt)

The proclamation of Belarusian independence on March 25, 1918, and the rival establishment of the Soviet Belarusian state on January 1, 1919, created two distinct and mutually exclusive national myths, which continue to define contemporary Belarusian society. This book examines the processes that resulted in this dual resolution in the context of World War I and the subsequent Russian Revolutions.

Based on original archival material, Lizaveta Kasmach scrutinizes the development of competing concepts of Belarusian nationhood in the context of rivaling national aspirations and imperial policies. The analysis convincingly demonstrates the divisions within the nationalist movement, both politically between the moderates and socialists, and geographically between German-occupied territory with Vilna as a center versus Russian-controlled territory around Minsk. Besides the case study of Belarusian nation-building efforts, the book is a contribution to the study of the First World War in East Central Europe, approaching the war and its aftermath as a mobilizational moment in the region.

In the aftermath of World War I, the beaten paths of tourism guided an increasing number of international tourists to the hinterlands of the Arab Eastern Mediterranean, where they would admire pyramids and Roman ruins. Yet they were not the only visitors: Arab nationalists gathered in summer resorts, and Yishuvi skiing clubs practised on Lebanese mountain slopes. By catering to these travellers, local tour guides and advocates of tourism development pursued their agendas.
The book unearths unexpected connections between tourism and the emergence of nation-states in Egypt, Palestine, Syria and Lebanon. Arab middle-class actors striving for independence, Zionist settlers and mandate officials presented their visions of the post-Ottoman spatial order to an international audience of tourists. At the same time, mobilities and infrastructures of tourism shaped the material conditions of this order. Tourism thus helps us to understand the transformations of Arab societies in their global context, and its history is a colourful story of the emergence of the modern Middle East.