Rebel Power: Why National Movements Compete, Fight, and Win

by Peter Krause

Book Overview

Many of the world's states--from Algeria to Ireland to the United States--are the result of robust national movements that achieved independence. Many other national movements have failed in their attempts to achieve statehood, including the Basques, the Kurds, and the Palestinians. In Rebel Power, Peter Krause offers a powerful new theory to explain this variation focusing on the internal balance of power among nationalist groups, who cooperate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501708554
• ISBN13: 9781501708558
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher