Nation-building in post-colonial nation-states: The cases of Tanzania and Fiji

International Social Science Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 192, 2008, Pages 169-182

  Larson, Erik ^a   Aminzade, Ron ^b  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNICITY; ETHNOPOLITICS; LEADERSHIP; NATIONAL IDENTITY; RACE; STATE BUILDING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; FIJI; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 61349093601     PISSN: 00208701     EISSN: 14682451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2451.2009.00690.x     Document Type: Article

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