<p><strong>'...an impressive and extensively annotated bibliography or collection of reviews...this mostly theoretical survey contains some fascinating empirical material.'</strong> - <em>Times Higher Education Supplement</em></p>

In recent years nationalism has emerged as one of the dominant issues of our time. In this lucid and balanced account, David McCrone lays out the key issues and debates around a subject which is too often obscured by polemic. Among topics covered are: * classical and contemporary theories of nationalism * nationalism and ethnicity * nationalism and the nation state * colonial and post-colonial nationalisms * neo nationalism and post communist nationalism.
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In recent years nationalism has emerged as a dominant issue of our time. This is a balanced account of the key points of a subject which is too often obscured by polemic.
Preface 1 The fall and rise of nationalism 2 Tribe, place and identity: ethnicity and nationalism 3 Inventing the past: history and nationalism 4 ‘Devils at his back’: nationalism and Ernest Gellner 5 Nation as state: nationalism and state-building 6 Dialectic with the other: liberation nationalism in the twentieth century 7 In and out of the state: the rise and rise of neo-nationalism 8 The unforeseen revolution: post-communist nationalism 9 Nationalism and its futures
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ISBN
9780415114592
Publisert
1998-08-20
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
453 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
218

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Biographical note

David McCrone is Professor of Sociology, and Convener of the Unit for the Study of Government in Scotland, at Edinburgh University. His previous publications include Understanding Scotland: The Sociology of a Stateless Nation, also published by Routledge.