POLS 340 Postcolonialism and the Politics of Nation-Building (HC): Background Information

Published in 2012 by Springer. Includes essays on many different countries from all regions of the world. For issues considered from a more general perspective, see the Routledge Handbook of Ethnic Conflict.

Provides overview essays about different aspects of human rights including legal, political, and economic topics.

Includes a range of overview essays including:
"War, Trade, and State Formation," "National Identity," "Ethnicity and Ethnic Conflict," and "The Poor Performance of Poor Democracies."

"Chapters on sources of intergroup conflict examine dynamic processes in intractable conflict, ideological bases of conflict, and processes of delegitimization and moral exclusion. Other chapters on the perpetuation of intergroup conflict highlight processes associated with retribution and revenge, group identities, historical memories, victimization, and divergent perspectives between groups in conflict." Excerpt from publisher's description

Covers historical, political, theoretical, and philosophical issues relating to peace and conflict, as well as major figures, events, organizations, and current affairs.

This volume "provides a global overview of the process of democratization, offering chapter by chapter discussion at both the country and regional levels and examining the interaction between the domestic and external factors that affect the progression of countries from authoritarian to democratic rule." - publisher's description. Also available in Tripod as an ebook.

Part of the United Nations Development Programme

This international organization fosters cooperation and discussion among parliaments. The website offers reports, data, and discussion of issues.

A list of major web resources from the WWW Virtual Library

See research, publications, and corruption by country and topic under the tab "What We Do."

Note in particular the Human Development Reports and the country profiles.