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Nomad-State Relationships in International Relations

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Editors:
  1. Jamie Levin

    1. Department of Political Science, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Canada

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  • Present nomads a distinct topic to study among non-state actors

  • Explores nomadism from a distinctly political, IR perspective

  • Examines the challenges nomads pose to states

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction: Nomad-State Relationships in International Relations

    • Jamie Levin, Joseph MacKay
    Pages 1-18

  3. Nomads and States in Comparative Perspective

    • Thomas Barfield
    Pages 19-43

  4. The Anti-Nomadic Bias of Political Theory

    • Erik Ringmar
    Pages 45-61

  5. Before and After Borders: The Nomadic Challenge to Sovereign Territoriality

    • Jamie Levin, Gustavo de Carvalho, Kristin Cavoukian, Ross Cuthbert
    Pages 63-76

  6. Standard of Civilization, Nomadism and Territoriality in Nineteenth-Century International Society

    • Filippo Costa Buranelli
    Pages 77-99

  7. Frontier Energetics: The Value of Pastoralist Border Crossings in Eastern Africa

    • John Galaty
    Pages 101-122

  8. Seeing the Nomads Like a State: Sweden and the Sámi at the Turn of the Last Century

    • Martin Hall
    Pages 123-145

  9. African Community-Based Conservancies: Innovative Governance for Whom?

    • Kathleen A. Galvin, Danielle Backman, Matthew W. Luizza, Tyler A. Beeton
    Pages 147-172

  10. In Limbo of Spatial Control, Rights, and Recognition: The Negev Bedouin and the State of Israel

    • Avinoam Meir
    Pages 173-196

  11. Imperial Chinese Relations with Nomadic Groups

    • Joseph MacKay
    Pages 197-216

  12. On Being Orang Suku Laut in the Malay World

    • Cynthia Chou
    Pages 217-237

  13. From Gypsies to Romanies: Identity, Cultural Autonomy, Political Sovereignty and (the Search for a) Trans-territorial State

    • Dalibor Mišina, Neil Cruickshank
    Pages 239-264

  14. International Relations and Migration: Mobility as Norm Rather Than Exception

    • Kiran Banerjee, Craig Damian Smith
    Pages 265-281
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About this book

This book explores non-state actors that are or have been migratory, crossing borders as a matter of practice and identity. Where non-state actors have received considerable attention amongst political scientists in recent years, those that predate the state—nomads—have not. States, however, tend to take nomads quite seriously both as a material and ideational threat.  Through this volume, the authors rectify this by introducing nomads as a distinct topic of study. It examines why states treat nomads as a threat and it looks particularly at how nomads push back against state intrusions. Ultimately, this exciting volume introduces a new topic of study to IR theory and politics, presenting a detailed study of nomads as non-state actors.

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“A welcome addi­tion to our understanding of nomadic peoples. … an excellent volume that adds considerable new information and ideas for the further study of nomads. Nomad-State Relationships in International Relations will be of interest to a wide audience. Those interested in nomadic pastoralism will find new insights and others interested in history and the rise of nation states will find value in various chapters. Diplomats and policymakers in the field … will also benefit from the ideas presented.” (Daniel J. Miller, Nomadic Peoples, Vol. 26 (1), 2022)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Political Science, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Canada

    Jamie Levin

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Jamie Levin is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, Canada.

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