Debating Nationalism: The Global Spread of Nations (Bieber Florian)
Debating Nationalism: The Global Spread of Nations (Bieber Florian) This concise introduction offers an overview of the global rise and spread of nationalism since the late 18th century. It engages…
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Debating Nationalism: The Global Spread of Nations (Bieber Florian)
This concise introduction offers an overview of the global rise and spread of nationalism since the late 18th century. It engages with the key debates within nationalism studies such as the origins of nations, the mechanisms and actors that reinforce it and the dynamics of ethnic conflict. Reflecting on key themes and existing scholarship it presents case studies and primary sources to track the emergence of the modern nation, and understand how nationalism has given rise to phenomena such as identity-based conflict, authoritarian politics and populist movements.Debating Nationalism uses an inclusive perspective that goes beyond a Western European focus to explore how nationalism has expressed itself in nation states and influenced a range of political ideologies over the last 300 years.
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