Nationalism in a Global Era - The Persistence of Nations

Informationen zum Autor Mitchell Young, Eric Zuelow, Andreas Sturm Klappentext Examines why nations remain a vibrant and strong social cohesive despite the threat of globalization. This book explains the continued health of nations in the face of looming threats. It includes case studies on Ireland! Thailand! Poland! the Baltic States! Croatia and Jordan. It is intended for students and researchers of international politics. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Owl’s Early Flight: Globalization and Nationalism, An Introduction. Section 1: Theoretical Approaches . Nations in Decline? The Erosion and Persistence of Modern National Identities. Comparing Visions of the Nation: The Role of Ethnicity, Religion and Diaspora Nationalism in Armenian, Jewish, and Sikh Relations to the Homeland. When is the Nation No Longer? Section 2: Memory and the Persistence of Nations . The Appeal of Nationhood: National Celebrations & Commemorations. The Persistence of the Turkish Nation in the Mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Which ‘Nation’ Persists?: The Competing Notions of the Thai Nation as Reflected in Public Monuments. The Cross, the Madonna, and the Jew: Persistent Symbolic Representations of the Nation in Poland. National Identity and Tourism in 20th Century Ireland: The Role of Collective Re-Imagining. Section 3: Threat, Response, Re-Emergence . The Persistence of the Baltic Nations under Soviet Rule: An Ethno-Symbolist Critique of Modernist Perspectives on the Breakup of the USSR. Croatian Language Policy: Establishing National Identity in the Era of Globalization. National Identity in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: State Made, Still Durable.

Product details

• Authors: Mitchell (London School of Economics Young
• Assisted by: Andreas Sturm (Editor), Sturm Andreas (Editor), Mitchell Young (Editor), Young Mitchell (Editor), Eric Zuelow (Editor), Zuelow Eric (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.03.2007
• EAN: 9780415414050
• ISBN: 978-0-415-41405-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Routledge Studies in Nationalism and Ethnicity
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Nationalism, International Relations, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political Economy, Political science and theory