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Record Nr.

UNINA9910966683003321

Autore

Karolewski Ireneusz Paweł

Titolo

The nation and nationalism in Europe : an introduction / / Ireneusz Paweł Karolewski and Andrzej Marcin Suszycki

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2011

ISBN

9780748688593

0748688595

9780748647088

0748647082

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (437 p.)

Classificazione

MC 7100

Altri autori (Persone)

SuszyckiAndrzej Marcin

Disciplina

320.54094

Soggetti

Nationalism - Europe

Nation-state

Self-determination, National - Europe

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.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Half-title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Introduction; 1 The Nation: In Search of a Concept; 2 The Nation and National Identity; 3 Nationalism: A Problem of Definition?; 4 Typologies of Nationalism; 5 Four Levels of Nationalism; 6 Nationalism in Europe in Practice; 7 Nationalism between Regionalism and European Integration; 8 Further Research Foci of Nationalism; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Combining a theoretical overview with empirical evidence, this textbook analyses and compares nationalism in Western and Eastern Europe. Split into three parts, it first discusses a wide variety of theoretical perspectives, including the controversial issue of theoretical dichotomy (civic versus ethnic nationalism). The second part argues variously that nationalism is an ideology, a social movement and an attitude, and applies these to sub-state and central-state nationalism. The final part looks at European nationalism in practice, offering new empirical findings from both in-depth single