Nationalism and internationalism in the Post-Cold War era / / edited by Kjell Goldmann, Ulf Hannerz, and Charles Westin

• Pubblicazione: London ; New York, : Routledge, 2000
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.54
• Soggetto topico: Nationalism; Internationalism; Post-communism
• Altri autori: GoldmannKjell <1937-> HannerzUlf WestinCharles <1941->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [268]-281) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Nationalism and Internationalism in the Post-Cold War Era; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Nationalism and internationalism in the post-Cold War era; Programmes, conditions and processes; Multiple relations: religion, ethnicity, globalization; Primordialists and constructionists; The future of internationalism; The layout of this volume; Notes; Part I: Commitments and contexts; 1: Democracy, ethnic diversity and nationalism; The meaning of 'ethnicity'; 'Democracy': definition; Nationalism and its general implications ; Types of nationalismThe appeal of ethnic identity; Notes; 2: Transnational ethnicity and subnational religion in Africa's political experience; Parochial religion and transnational ethnicity; Models of church-state relationships; Parochial ethnicity and transnationalizing religion; South Africa: the racial war that never was; Political violence: primary and secondary; Conclusion; 3: Are Islamists nationalists or internationalists?; Fundamentalism; Wellsprings; The Islamist constituency; Parameters for a political agenda; The shaping of political action; Conclusion; Notes ; Part II: The Iron Curtain rising4: From internationalism to nationalism?; The Communists and national traditions; Ideology and politics; The ambivalent propaganda; From internationalism to anti-Semitism; The opposition and minorities; What changed after 1989?; Contemporary Poland and the Jews; A legacy of the Communist system; Notes; 5: Nationalism, internationalism and property in the post-Cold War era; What does the post-Cold War era mean?; Nationalism and internationalism: some Romanian examples; Romanians strategize into the post-Communist era; Property and identity ; Socialist property and its restructuringAcknowledgements; Notes; 6: The little nation; Introduction: latter-day nationalism; Majorities and minorities: the Caucasian experience; The Caucasus: the home front?; Jordan: the home front?; Inchoate nationalism; Globalization in the periphery; Omar and Hayrettin: martyrs of some sort?; Lena and Sveta: economics über alles; Conclusion: modernity unbound; Notes; Part III: Attachments and arrangements; 7: The grounds of the nation-state; Love of the nation; Full attachment; Predatory identities; Space and violence ; Conclusion: globalization and governanceNotes; 8: From Khartoum to Quebec; Testing liberal internationalism: between states; Testing liberal internationalism: within the state; Framing the problem; Theories of the political community; The coming crisis of the civic state?; Within and between states: essential differences?; The birth of multi-community states; From Khartoum to Quebec: harbingers?; Conclusion; Notes; 9: To be a European citizen; Prologue; European citizenship: dilemmas and contradictions; The affective crisis of European citizenship ; To be a European citizen: the official bread and circus vision
• Sommario/riassunto: The tension between nationalism and internationalism has been a major feature of world politics since the end of the Cold War. Based on a Nobel symposium, this collection brings together an international selection of acclaimed authors from a wide variety of academic disciplines. The book combines focused case-studies and more theoretically based material to examine critically the post-Cold War political landscape. Subjects covered include:* changing interpretation of the nation state and nationalism* the growing prominence of transnational organisations* technological changes i
• Titolo autorizzato: Nationalism and internationalism in the Post-Cold War era
• ISBN: 1-85728-353-8; 1-134-55506-7; 1-134-55507-5; 0-203-12538-X; 1-280-40112-5; 0-585-46028-0; 9786610401123
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821452503321
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