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Neoliberalism and Neopanamericanism
Palgrave Macmillan 2002; US$ 105.00In this edited volume fourteen scholars, mostly from Latin America, analyze the current state of relations between North America and Latin America in a number of sectors - economic, security, politics, and the environment. Particular attention is paid to processes of economic integration that dominated political discussions during the decade of the... more...
The Developing of the Radical Rights in France
Palgrave Macmillan 2000; US$ 120.00This book traces the origins and evolution of extreme-right wing thought in France from the end of the nineteenth century to the present day. It establishes the presence of an ideological tradition or organicist, exclusive nationalism initiated at the end of the nineteenth century, which adapts itself to the post-First World War and re-emerges forcibly... more...
Nationalism
Penguin Books Ltd 2010; Not AvailableTagore was a fierce opponent of British rule in India. In this work he discusses the resurgence of the East and the challenge it poses to Western supremacy, calling for a future beyond nationalism, based instead on cooperation and racial tolerance. GREAT IDEAS. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we... more...
Showtime
Penguin Books Ltd 2009; Not AvailableIn boom and in bust, Ireland has been led by Fianna Fáil. Showtime gets behind the party?s remarkable dominance of the political landscape and leading political writer Pat Leahy, tells the gripping story of how it won, kept and has used power since the mid-1990s. Showtime explains how Fianna Fáil operated during the boom years ? from November... more...
Symbols of Defeat in the Construction of National Identity
Cambridge University Press 2012; US$ 72.00Explains why nations elevate images of their own defeat to the center of their symbolism and understanding of their history. more...
Huw T Edwards
University of Wales Press 2011; US$ 25.00This book explores the life of Huw T. Edwards, leading figure in Welsh society in the mid-twentieth century. He was a member of the British Labour Party but supported Welsh nationalism, and his life allows exploration of themes of politics and national identity in a period seen as leading to the break-up of Britain. more...
Blood and Belonging
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1995; US$ 22.99Until the end of the Cold War, the politics of national identity was confined to isolated incidents of ethnics strife and civil war in distant countries. Now, with the collapse of Communist regimes across Europe and the loosening of the Cold War's clamp on East-West relations, a surge of nationalism has swept the world stage. In Blood and Belonging... more...
America Right or Wrong
Oxford University Press, USA 2012; US$ 18.99Originally published over half a decade ago, Anatol Lieven's America Right or Wrong has become a classic analysis of the special character of American nationalism. As he demonstrated, America's foreign policy response to the 9/11 attacks flowed directly from a nationalistic tradition that was two centuries in the making. Within that nationalism,... more...
Honeckers children
Manchester University Press 2007; US$ 95.00During the final decade of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), young citizens found themselves at the heart of a rigorous programme of socialist patriotic education, yet following the fall of the Berlin Wall, the emphasis of official state rhetoric, textbooks and youth activities changed beyond recognition. For the young generation growing up during... more...
Women and ETA
Manchester University Press 2007; US$ 95.00At a time when conflicts in Europe, the Middle East and elsewhere are highlighting womens roles as armed activists and combatants, Women and ETA offers the first book-length study of womens participation in Spains oldest armed movement.Drawing on a unique body of oral history interviews, archival material and published sources, this... more...









