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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792254403321

Autore

Laitin David D

Titolo

Nations, states, and violence [[electronic resource] /] / David D. Laitin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-4356-1771-1

9786611145439

0-19-152788-2

1-281-14543-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (179 p.)

Disciplina

320.54

Soggetti

Nationalism

Nation-state

Political violence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"References to author's own work": p. 153-155.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Figures and Table; 1 The Pandemonium of Nations; 2 National Cascades; 3 The Cultural Foundations of Nationalism; 4 Nations and the Twenty-First Century State; 5 Managing the Multinational State; Notes; References to Author's Own Work; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

A powerfully argued and trenchant examination of the sources and consequences of nationalism by one of the world's leading scholars in the field. - ;Nations, States, and Violence presents a revisionist view of the sources of nationalism, the relationship of the nation to culture, and the implications of nationalism and cultural heterogeneity for the future of the nation-state. It accepts the now-standard view that national identities are not inherited traits but constructed communities in order to serve political ends. But the resulting national identities do not emerge from some metaphorical