Political Loyalty and the Nation-State

ISBN-13: 9780415860154 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 256 str.

Andrew Linklater; Michael Waller

Opis

Political Loyalty and the Nation-State examines the gradual weakening of the state's ability to order the political allegiances of its subjects. At the focal centre of the book lies the question of the extent to which it is possible to invest political principles, such as the rules and procedures of democracy, with a sentiment of loyalty and whether political loyalty can become merely a matter of choice and personal responsibility. The authors consider theoretical issues, problems of loyalty arising from population movement and case studies of conflicts of loyalty from Italy, Northern Ireland, and Russia. It is shown that loyalty can become decoupled from state, territory and nation; that loyalties can be multiple; and that today's loyalties reflect advanced attitudes towards difference.

Spis treści

Part I: Rethinking National Loyalty
Part II: Competing Loyalties, Minorities, Supranational Bodies and the State
Part III: Conflicting Loyalties in the State

O autorze

Michael Waller is Professor Emeritus of European Politics at Keele University. Andrew Linklater is Woodrow Wilson Professor of International Politics at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.