<strong>Culture and the Politics of Third World Nationalism</strong> provides insights drawnfrom a deep understanding of specific political systems in the Third... » 

Culture and the Politics of Third World Nationalism provides insights drawnfrom a deep understanding of specific political systems in the Third World anda thorough knowledge of nationalist activity within these systems. Dawa Norbucombines these insights with a theoretical framework that seeks to draw out theuniversal significance of the events.The authors personal experience of nationalism in Tibet in India and in theUnited States together with a sociological analysis of ten case studiesinform an argument that is focused on the ways that nationalism is shaped bylocal cultural factors.The areas discussed include South Asia the Middle East Western Europe andLatin America. Dawa Norbu provides an analysis of the relationship betweenMarxism and nationalism and argues that the importance of nationalism as anenduring social force in international politics is especially evident from itsappearance in societies that are explicitly founded upon transnational ideals. «