The Future of the Nation-State: Essays on Cultural Pluralism and Political Integration

ISBN-13: 9780415147347 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 304 str.

Sverker Gustavsson; Leif Lewin

Opis

The tension between culture, politics and economy has become one of the dominant anxieties of modern society. On the one hand people endeavor to maintain and develop their distinct cultural identity; on the other there are many forces for greater international integration, driven by free trade and political cooperation. How to understand and explain this fundamental issue is illuminated in this collection of nine essays by scholars from various countries and disciplines.

Spis treści

One: Culture; The Nation-State as a Source of Common Mental Programming: Similarities and Differences Across Eastern and Western Europe; Food as an Expression of Identity; The Stranger: Ethnicity, Identity and Belonging; Family Policy Dilemmas in Contemporary Nation-States: Are Women Benefited by “Family-Friendly” Governments?; Two: Institutions; Two: The Historical Evolution of Russian National Identity; The Frontier of National Sovereignty; The Strength of Weakness: The Transformation of Governance in the EU *; If the Nation-State Were to Wither Away in Europe, What Might Replace It?; Europeanization and Nation-State Dynamics

O autorze

Sverker Gustavsson, Leif Lewin