State and Majority Nationalism in Plurinational States

This book brings together the leading lights in nationalism studies to turn their attention to the neglected role of the state in nationalist disputes. With case studies from China, Spain, UK, Canada, India and Nepal, it examines state and majority nationalism in all its guises, asking how states respond to nationalist challenges from below.

Sommario

1. State and Majority Nationalism in Plurinational States: Responding to Challenges from Below 2. Making Hong Kong Chinese: State Nationalism and its Blowbacks in a Recalcitrant City 3. From Civic Pluralism to Ethnoreligious Majoritarianism: Majority Nationalism in India 4. Why Stay Together? State Nationalism and Justifications for State Unity in Spain and the UK 5. Performing Canadian State Nationalism through Federal Symmetry 6. The Politics of Diversity Treatment in Contemporary Nepal: From Difference Elimination to Difference Management? 7. Majority, State Nationalism, and New Research Pathways

Info autore

Daniel Cetrà is Beatriu de Pinós Research Fellow at the University of Barcelona, Spain. He specialises in nationalism, comparative territorial politics, and the politics of language.
Coree Brown Swan is Lecturer in Comparative Politics at Queen's University Belfast, UK, where she works on the politics of independence and union.

Riassunto

This book brings together the leading lights in nationalism studies to turn their attention to the neglected role of the state in nationalist disputes. With case studies from China, Spain, UK, Canada, India and Nepal, it examines state and majority nationalism in all its guises, asking how states respond to nationalist challenges from below.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Daniel (University of Barcelona Cetra
• Con la collaborazione di: Daniel Cetrà (Editore), Coree Brown Swan (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 26.12.2022
• EAN: 9781032403816
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3240381-6
• Pagine: 116
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Nationalism, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Political structure & processes, Political structure and processes, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government