Description

This exciting new textbook is the first to offer students a truly comprehensive AND engaging account of the vibrant topic of Nationalism.

Packed with a series of rich, illustrative examples, this book examines this powerful and remarkable political force by exploring:

Definitions of Nationalism, including normative and descriptive approaches
The manifestation of Nationalism through language
The relationship between Religion and Nationalism
Discussions on the political uses of History as a social construct
The social roots of ideologies and the significance of class and gender
Different kinds of nationalist movements, ranging from dominant majorities to peripheral minorities
Explanations of nationalist mobilization, taking into account historical, socio-economic and sociological approaches
State responses to Nationalism
Territorial and non-territorial devolutions of power and the relationship between Nationalism and Federalism

Nationalism, Ethnicity and the State is an insightful read for both undergraduate and graduate students of politics and international relations.