Zaire (The Congo)
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Zaire (The Congo). / Hoffmann, Kasper.
The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, andNationalism. red. / John Stone; Rutledge M. Dennis; Polly Rizova; Anthony D. Smith; Xiaoshuo Hou. 1. udg. Wiley, 2016. (Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedias in Social Sciences ).Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Encyclopædiartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - ENCYC
T1 - Zaire (The Congo)
AU - Hoffmann, Kasper
PY - 2016/3
Y1 - 2016/3
N2 - Ethnicity and nationalism are formative social and political identities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The colonial state solidified hitherto ambiguous boundaries between social and political identities by deploying firm ethnic categories to classify the native peoples and by confining them in ethnic territories. Although unitary nationalism emerged at the end of colonization, intra- and interethnic competition has dominated politics in the postcolonial era. The single-party state of Mobutu tried to monopolize the use of ethnicity in the public realm, but its lack of legitimacy paved the way for the proliferation of ethnic competition across the country. The Congolese Wars have entrenched ethnic identities in the country.
AB - Ethnicity and nationalism are formative social and political identities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The colonial state solidified hitherto ambiguous boundaries between social and political identities by deploying firm ethnic categories to classify the native peoples and by confining them in ethnic territories. Although unitary nationalism emerged at the end of colonization, intra- and interethnic competition has dominated politics in the postcolonial era. The single-party state of Mobutu tried to monopolize the use of ethnicity in the public realm, but its lack of legitimacy paved the way for the proliferation of ethnic competition across the country. The Congolese Wars have entrenched ethnic identities in the country.
U2 - 10.1002/9781118663202.wberen616
DO - 10.1002/9781118663202.wberen616
M3 - Encyclopedia chapter
SN - 978-1-4051-8978-1
T3 - Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedias in Social Sciences
BT - The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, andNationalism
A2 - Stone, John
A2 - Dennis, Rutledge M.
A2 - Rizova, Polly
A2 - Smith, Anthony D.
A2 - Hou, Xiaoshuo
PB - Wiley
ER -
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