1st Edition

European Nations and Nationalism Theoretical and Historical Perspectives

552 Pages
by Routledge

552 Pages
by Routledge

552 Pages
by Routledge

This rich source book informs its reader in a comparative perspective about the political and social-economic past and present of fifteen Western, Central and Eastern European countries. This includes the economic and social aspects of the development of the nation state, descriptions of the current political structures and institutions, an account of the types of ethnic composition of the... Read more
Contents: European nations and nationalism: an introductory analysis, Louk Hagendoorn and José Pepels; Britain: a history of four nations, Marco Cinnirella; France: the archetype of a nation-state, John Crowley; Belgium: diversity in unity, Hans De Witte and Georgi Verbeeck; The Netherlands: a pillarized nation, Renze Portengen; Sweden: uncontested national independence, Charles Westin; Spain: a product of incomplete nation-building, José Alvarez Junco; Germany: the ambiguous nation, Armin Nassehi; Italy: an imperfect nation, Pierangelo Peri; Poland: the Christ of nations, Aleksandra Jasinska-Kania; The Czech Republic: an old nation's late-born state, Zdenka Pechacova and Vlastimil Cerny; Slovakia: national consciousness from denied autonomy, Darina Malová and Paul Mego; Hungary: state of a nation obsessed by threatened extinction, György Csepeli and Antal Örkény; Romania: a Latin nation among the Slavs, Aurora Liiceanu; Ukraine: a newly independent state, Iryna Bekeshkina; The Russian Federation: a nation of nationalities sharing a divine mission, Nadya V. Djintcharadze, Svetlana S. Litvinova, Viatcheslav V. Riazantsev and Sergei V. Tumanov; European nations and nationalism: summary comments and conclusions, Russell F. Farnen; Indices.

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Louk Hagendoorn, György Csepeli, Russell Farnen

’...this should prove to be a very useful volume...Students of nationalism should find this book of particular interest.’ Professor Michael Billig, Loughborough University, UK ’...provide(s) much information from different historical, social and political contexts in which nationalism has survived and flourished in Europe...the book made me realize the great diversity on which the European nation-state structures are laid...’ The Ethnic Conflict Research Digest ’...a veritable compendium...surpasses similar published works...an invaluable top shelf graduate textbook.’ Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 'This volume undoubtedly presents a rich array of useful data and insightful observations, and, not the least because of an excellent index, commends itself to the contemporary historian as a sort of compendium.' Journal of European Integration History