The Politics of Nationalism and Ethnicity

ISBN-13: 9780333731932 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 258 str.

James Kellee; James G. Kellas

Opis

Comprehensively revised and substantially extended for the second edition, James Kellas' book provides a review and assessment of the main theoretical approaches to the study of nationalism and considers a wide range of examples from around the world of contemporary nationalist movements and of the strategies of pluralism and accommodation which have been developed to contain them.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- Ethnicity and Human Nature.- Nationalism as Ideology.- The Evolution of Nationalism: Theories.- Ethnic and Social Nationalism.- Nationalist Movements and Ethnic Politics: Forms and Periods.- Nationalism in the Western World.- Nationalism in the Former Communist States.- Nationalism in the Developing World, South Africa, and the Middle East.- Cultural Pluralism and the Politics of Accommodation.- Nationalism and International Relations.- Conclusion: An Integrated Theory of the Politics of Nationalism and Ethnicity.- Synopsis of Theory.- Bibliography.- Index.

O autorze

JAMES KELLAS is Professor of Politics, University of Glasgow