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• Consists of 32 chapters written by leading international scholars
• Balances coverage of political, diplomatic and international history with discussion of economic, social and cultural concerns
• Covers both Eastern and Western European states, including Britain
• Pays considerable attention to smaller countries as well as to the great powers
• Compares particular phenomena and developments across Europe

Fully revised and updated, the new edition of Germany explains the diverse ways in which national identity has been constructed over more than three centuries. It highlights the plurality of contested definitions of 'Germanness'. The themes covered include

- The struggles between the small-German and the greater-German movements in the 19th century and those between democratic and non-democratic inventions of the nation
- The construction of the racial nation under Nazism
- Economic definitions of the nation, foreigners and 'Germanness'
- The gendering of the...

This book provides the first historical and comparative study of the 'transnational activist'. A range of important recent scholarship has considered the rise of global social movements, the presence of transnational networks, and the transfer or diffusion of political techniques. Much of this writing has registered the pivotal role of 'transnational' or 'global' activists. However, if the significance of the 'transnational activist' is now routinely acknowledged, then the history of this actor is still something of a mystery. Most commentators have associated the figure with contemporary...

• Consists of 32 chapters written by leading international scholars
• Balances coverage of political, diplomatic and international history with discussion of economic, social and cultural concerns
• Covers both Eastern and Western European states, including Britain
• Pays considerable attention to smaller countries as well as to the great powers
• Compares particular phenomena and developments across Europe

Social movements have shaped and are shaping modern societies around the globe; this is evident when we look at examples such as the Arab Spring, Spain's Indignados and the wider Occupy movement. In this volume, experts analyse the 'classic' and new social movements from a uniquely global perspective and offer insights in current theoretical discussions on social mobilisation. Chapters are devoted both to the study of continental developments of social movements going back to the nineteenth century and ranging to the present day, and to an emphasis on the transnational dimension of these...