Forging Military Identity in Culturally Pluralistic Societies

Quasi-Ethnicity

Edited by Daniel Zirker - Thomas Stubbs - Contributions by Ibikunle Adeakin; Mamadou Diouma Bah; Yassine Belkamel and Paulo Gustavo Pellegrino Correa

Ethno-politics has become a major force in the post-Cold War era. The fundamental challenge to military establishments in deeply plural societies is the formation of institutional unity from diverse ethnic groups. This edited volume examines seven case studies of countries that have attempted, with varying degrees of success, to develop, or to begin to develop, within their military establishments a single “quasi-ethnic” military identity to effect unity within their ranks and attenuate the deep and often violent ethnic divisions that otherwise would pertain. The volume compares contrasting outcomes in two African regions: West Africa with the contrasting cases of Guinea and Nigeria and East Africa with the cases of Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. It also examines the very different cases of Algeria and Suriname. In most of these cases, the emergence of a single, unified, quasi-ethnic identity is in its earliest stages, although rapid global change points to the likelihood that this pattern will prevail.

Lexington Books

Pages: 180 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-1-4985-0743-1 • Hardback • October 2015 • $92.00 • (£71.00)

978-1-4985-0744-8 • eBook • October 2015 • $87.00 • (£67.00)

Subjects: Political Science / History & Theory, Political Science / Comparative Politics, Political Science / Security (National & International), Social Science / Sociology / General

Forging Military Identity in Culturally Pluralistic Societies

Quasi-Ethnicity

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Ethno-politics has become a major force in the post-Cold War era. The fundamental challenge to military establishments in deeply plural societies is the formation of institutional unity from diverse ethnic groups. This edited volume examines seven case studies of countries that have attempted, with varying degrees of success, to develop, or to begin to develop, within their military establishments a single “quasi-ethnic” military identity to effect unity within their ranks and attenuate the deep and often violent ethnic divisions that otherwise would pertain. The volume compares contrasting outcomes in two African regions: West Africa with the contrasting cases of Guinea and Nigeria and East Africa with the cases of Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. It also examines the very different cases of Algeria and Suriname. In most of these cases, the emergence of a single, unified, quasi-ethnic identity is in its earliest stages, although rapid global change points to the likelihood that this pattern will prevail.

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Lexington Books

Pages: 180 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-1-4985-0743-1 • Hardback • October 2015 • $92.00 • (£71.00)

978-1-4985-0744-8 • eBook • October 2015 • $87.00 • (£67.00)

Subjects: Political Science / History & Theory, Political Science / Comparative Politics, Political Science / Security (National & International), Social Science / Sociology / General

Author

Daniel Zirker is professor of political science at the University of Waikato.

Table of Contents

Forward

Daniel Zirker
1. Introduction
Daniel Zirker
1. The Army and Politics in Guinea
Mamadou Diouma Bah
1. Military Identity in Nigeria
Ibikunle Adeakin
1. Tanzania and Uganda: Contrasting Similarities
Daniel Zirker
1. Ethnopolitics and the Military in Kenya
Thomas Stubbs

6Political Ethnicity and the Military in Algeria

Yassine Belkamel
1. Forging a Military Identity in Suriname
Paulo Gustavo Pellegrino Correa
1. Conclusion
Daniel Zirker

Forging Military Identity in Culturally Pluralistic Societies

Quasi-Ethnicity

Edited by Daniel Zirker - Thomas Stubbs - Contributions by Ibikunle Adeakin; Mamadou Diouma Bah; Yassine Belkamel and Paulo Gustavo Pellegrino Correa

Forging Military Identity in Culturally Pluralistic Societies

Quasi-Ethnicity

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