Nationalism, Ethnicity and the State: Making and Breaking Nations

This exciting new book is the first to offer a truly comprehensive account of the vibrant topic of nationalism.

Packed with a series of rich, illustrative examples, the book examines this powerful and remarkable political force by exploring:

• Definitions of nationalism

• Language and nationalism

• Religion and Nationalism

• Nationalist history

• The social roots of ideologies and the significance of race, gender and class

• Nationalist movements, from dominant majorities to peripheral minorities socio-economic and sociological perspectives

• State responses to nationalism

Supported by a number of helpful illustrations, tables and diagrams, the text is both engaging and highly informative.

Nationalism, Ethnicity and the State: Making and Breaking Nations will prove an insightful read for both undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers in the area of Politics and International Relations.