Nationalism Books

New and Published Books

1. Secessionist Movements and Ethnic Conflict

   The Development and Impact of Nationalist Rhetoric

   By Beata Huszka

   Series: Routledge Studies in Nationalism and Ethnicity

   Discourses creating ethnically exclusive identities can alienate minorities and lead to inter-ethnic tensions and violent conflict, while an ethnically inclusive discourse can contribute to inter-ethnic peace. Using discourse analysis, this book examines how the process of secession affects...

   Published May 29th 2012 by Routledge
2. The State and Governance in India

   The Congress Ideal

   By William F. Kuracina

   Series: Routledge Studies in South Asian History

   This book presents an innovative investigation of the policies of the Indian Congress during the late colonial period. Departing from the existing historiography of Indian nationalism, it analyses the extent to which Congress elites engaged in processes intended to foster nation-building in India....

   Published May 9th 2012 by Routledge
3. Ethnic Diversity and the Nation State

   National Cultural Autonomy Revisited

   By David Smith, John Hiden

   Series: Routledge Innovations in Political Theory

   This book explores a largely forgotten legacy of multicultural political thought and practice from within Eastern Europe and examines its relevance to post-Cold War debates on state and nationhood. Featuring a Preface by former UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke, it weaves theory and practice to...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
4. Communism, Nationalism and Ethnicity in Poland, 1944–1950

   By Michael Fleming

   Series: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

   This book fills a significant gap in the study of the establishment of communist rule in Poland in the key period of 1944–1950. It shows that nationalism and nationality policy were fundamentally important in the consolidation of communist rule, acting as a crucial nexus through which different...

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
5. The Caucasus Under Soviet Rule

   By Alex Marshall

   Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe

   The Caucasus is a strategically and economically important region in contemporary global affairs. Western interest in the Caucasus has grown rapidly since 1991, fuelled by the admixture of oil politics, great power rivalry, ethnic separatism and terrorism that characterizes the region. However,...

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
6. The Construction of History and Nationalism in India

   Textbooks, Controversies and Politics

   By Sylvie Guichard

   Series: Routledge Advances in South Asian Studies

   Most studies on nations and nationalism argue that history, or more precisely a 'common past', is crucial for the process of national identity building. However, the existence of one or more concurrent narratives for the construction of this identity is often not accounted for, and there are cases...

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
7. Inclusion and Exclusion in the Liberal Competition State

   The Cult of the Individual

   By Richard Münch

   Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

   This book examines the increasingly international division of labour, which promotes transnational integration. It analyses the change in worker solidarity as it moves from collective national welfare to a transnational inclusion of workers from various links in the production chain. Examining...

   Published December 19th 2011 by Routledge
8. Nation and Nationalism in Japan

   Edited by Sandra Wilson

   Nationalism was one of the most important forces in 20th century Japan. It pervaded almost all aspects of Japanese life, but was a complex phenomenon, frequently changing, and often meaning different things to different people. This book brings together interesting, original new work, by a range of...

   Published December 1st 2011 by Routledge
9. The Kurdish National Movement in Turkey

   From Protest to Resistance

   By Cengiz Gunes

   Series: Exeter Studies in Ethno Politics

   This book provides an interpretive and critical analysis of Kurdish identity, nationalism and national movement in Turkey since the 1960s. By raising issues and questions relating to Kurdish political identity and highlighting the ideological specificity, diversity and the transformation of Kurdish...

   Published November 27th 2011 by Routledge
10. Nationalism in a Global Era

    The Persistence of Nations

    Edited by Mitchell Young, Eric Zuelow, Andreas Sturm

    Series: Routledge Studies in Nationalism and Ethnicity

    This volume makes a unique contribution to the literature on nations and nationalism by examining why nations remain a vibrant and strong social cohesive despite the threat of globalization. Regardless of predictions forecasting the demise of the nation-state in the global era, the nation persists...

    Published November 27th 2011 by Routledge