The Nation and Nationalism in Europe: An Introduction - Softcover

Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski; Andrzej Marcin Suszycki

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0748638075 ISBN 13: 9780748638079

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2011

Synopsis

This book offers an overview of the contending approaches to the nation and nationalism, in a European context. Part One explores a wide variety of theoretical perspectives including the controversial issue of theoretical dichotomy (civic versus ethnic nationalism) and attempts to overcome it. Part Two introduces three types of nationalism: as ideology, social movement and attitude, allowing for a systematic treatment of sub-state and central state nationalism. The final Part looks at European nationalism in practice, offering new empirical findings from both in-depth single country cases and cross-country comparisons. Key Features *The only textbook on the nation and nationalism which covers the main methodological and analytical issues and gives comparative empirical insights into nationalism in Western and Eastern Europe *Combines a clear exposition of contemporary theoretical positions and perspectives with the authors' own appraisal and synthesis *Presents a critical assessment of the breadth of the literature in the field *Regards nationalism as a contemporary rather than just a historical phenomenon *Challenges the concepts and theories regarding the nation and nationalism with a growing body of relevant empirical research *Includes empirical findings of contemporary nationalist tendencies for instance from Britain, Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Poland, and Sweden.

About this title

About the Author:

Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski is Associate Professor of Political Science and the Chair of Political Science in the Willy Brandt Centre for German and European Studies, University of Wroclaw, Poland. He is co-editor, with Andrzej Marcin Suszycki, of Nationalism and European Integration (2007) and Multiplicity of Nationalism in Contemporary Europe (2009). Andrzej Marcin Suszycki is a Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Potsdam, Germany and a Lecturer in Political Theory and International Relations at the University of Passau, Germany. He is author of /Italienische Osteuropapolitik 1989-2000/ (2003).

About this edition

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0748638075
• ISBN 13: 9780748638079
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232