Promoting Conflict or Peace through Identity

Contents......Page 6
List of Boxes, Figures and Tables......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
List of Contributors......Page 12
List of Abbreviations......Page 14
1 Introduction: Borders of the Mind......Page 16
2 The Making of Nations in Belgium and Western Europe in Historical Perspective (Fifteenth–Twentieth Century): National Ideology, Ethnicity, Language and Politics......Page 36
3 Identity Construction and Citizenship Conflicts in Central Nigeria......Page 56
4 The Formation of National Identity in Israel/Palestine: The Construction of Spatial Knowledge and Contested Territorial Narratives......Page 76
5 Borders of/on the Mind, Borders in the Jungle: Islamic Insurgency and Ethno-Religious Irredentism in Southern Thailand......Page 96
6 The Positioning Diamond: Conceptualizing Identity Constructions at the US–Mexico Border......Page 118
7 Identity Construction in the EU, NAFTA and Mercosur: Opportunities for Peace and Conflict......Page 154
8 Religion and Regional Planning: The Case of the Emerging ‘Shi’a Region’......Page 180
9 Custom and Identity: Reflections on and Representations of Violence in Melanesia......Page 198
10 Crossing Mental Borders: Constructing a Laissez-Passer for Peace......Page 224
C......Page 238
H......Page 239
M......Page 240
S......Page 241
Z......Page 242