Introduction

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.