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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.
Types of Nationalist Mobilization
Types of Nationalist Mobilization
Introduction
In popular culture, nationalist activism is typically presented in clear-cut, binary fashion. We may see this in the area of film: Braveheart (1995), for example, pits a courageous Scottish rebel against the English throne, and The patriot (2000) depicts a struggle between resourceful American revolutionaries and their powerful British opponents. But nationalism is rarely so straightforward – not only is it not a battle between good and evil, it is typically not even a contest between two sides. We need to turn, then, to the various forms that nationalism may take – a vast field, especially if we extend the time dimension backwards to the late eighteenth century, and the space dimension outwards to cover the globe.
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