Encyclopedia of Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups around the World

(Hardback, 2nd edition)

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This book addresses the numerous national movements of ethnic groups around the world seeking independence, more self-rule, or autonomymovements that have proliferated exponentially in the 21st century. In the last 15 years, globalization, religious radicalization, economic changes, endangered cultures and languages, cultural suppression, racial tensions, and many other factors have stimulated the emergence of autonomy and independence movements in every corner of the worldeven in areas formerly considered immune to self-government demands such as South America. Researching the numerous ethnic groups seeking autonomy or independence worldwide previously required referencing many specialized publications. This book makes this difficult-to-find information available in a single volume, presented in a simple format accessible to everyone, from high school readers to scholars in advanced studies programs. The book provides an extensive update to Greenwood's Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups around the World that was published more than a decade earlier. Each ethnic group receives an alphabetically organized entry containing information such as alternate names, population figures, flag or flags, geography, history, culture, and languages. All the information readers need to understand the motivating factors behind each movement and the current situation of each ethnic group is presented in a compact summary. Fact boxes at the beginning of each entry enable students to quickly access key information, and consistent entry structure makes for easy cross-cultural comparisons.

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Well sourced and written, this work is worth acquiring to replace the earlier editions, especially if shelf space is at a premium. Summing Up: Recommended. High school, community college, and undergraduate students; general readers. * Choice *
This is an easy-to-use resource that would be at home in any institution that supports a global studies, political science, international relations, human geography or conflict analysis/dispute programme. . . . [I]t is an excellent resource on a timely and important subject matter. * Reference Reviews *

Author Bio

James B. Minahan is an independent scholar who has written a number of reference books on international statehood and identity, including ABC-CLIO's Ethnic Groups of South Asia and the Pacific: An Encyclopedia and Greenwood's Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups Around the World.