PSCI257 Lecture 4: PSCI%20257%20Lecture%204%20Outline-%20Arab%20Nationalism
7 Aug 2015
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Nations: sense of belonging to a group based on ethnicity, culture, shared history . Us vs. them: in the me, kurds, persian-iranian/ turks, armenians/ assyrians, circassians/ chechnyian/ tajik, berber, jews-israelis-zionists. Nasser"s arab nationalism of arab lands: nasser envisioned a union of arab states. In 1958, successfully convinced syria to unite under the united arab republic. Albeit the union only lasted three years: legacy till today uar, promoted the plo. Populism : like many other populist leaders of the third world, nasser nationalized key industries away from foreign control, promoted nationalist economic policies, import substitution industrialization (isi) Protected national industries to modernize local economies. Most known for nationalizing suez: an attempt to reclaim egyptian territory, amid popular protest against continued british presence in the canal, served as an example for other 3w states. Purchasing the interest of the egyptian khedive. Khedive couldn"t afford loan payments: 1888 convention of constantinople. Free passage to all in time of peace and war.
