ABSTRACT
Nationalism is associated with many things, with language, culture, history, and ethnicity. One of the most important elements, however, is territory. In essence, much of what it means to be part of a nation is to share an emotional connection to a particular stretch of landmass. It is this sentiment that is captured in the terms ‘motherland’ and ‘fatherland’ (Grosby 2005: 43-56). This sense of attachment can be exceptionally strong and applies not only to the territory as a whole but to the resources contained within it. It is this way of thinking, and the policies associated with it, that are expressed by the concept of resource nationalism.
