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The Geopolitics of Europe's Identity
Palgrave Macmillan 2008; US$ 95.00This book pursues an original perspective on Europe's shifting extent and geopolitical standing: how countries and spaces marginal to it impact on Europe as a center. A theoretical discussion of borders and margins is developed, and set against nine studies of countries, regions, and identities seen as marginal to Europe. more...
Nationalism
Oxford University Press, UK 2005; US$ 9.99Arguably, nationality is the most important social phenomenon in the world today. But what is the nation? Why is it so important to human beings? What is its relation to religion and commerce? Steven Grosby shows how closely linked the concept of nationalism is with being human. - ;This book examines the political and moral challenges that face the... more...
Nationalism and Global Solidarities
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 49.95Even in the face of neoliberal globalization, nationalism remains a significant political force. The leading contributors to this new volume explore the extent to which nationalism can be a foundation for alternative solidarities. Against the axiom that with globalization ?all that is solid melts into air,? this anthology debates the extent to which... more...
The National Question
Temple University Press 2009; US$ 34.95The class forces that have come to play a central role in directing movements in different socio-political, temporal, and geographic settings are explored in case studies of * the political history of nationalist movements in Palestine, Kurdistan, South Africa, Northern Ireland, Puerto Rico, the Basque Country, and Quebec * the role... more...
Defunct Federalisms
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2008; US$ 114.95This comparative volume looks at the track record of several defunct federalisms to identify options that have been overlooked and decisions that precipitated the collapse. Bringing together insights from the study of state failure and federal collapse, it examines the ways in which parallel assessment is crucial for suggesting the complex structures... more...
Bloody Nations
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2008; US$ 114.95Placing the phenomenon of nationalism squarely within the continuing Enlightenment project, Cherry Bradshaw brings together political theory, history, anthropology and international relations in order to investigate both the appeal and the dangers of nationalism in contemporary world politics. more...
The Pitfalls of Liberal Democracy and Late Nationalism in South Africa
Palgrave Macmillan 2008; US$ 100.00This book compares African and Afrikaner nationalisms to demonstrate that the transition from apartheid to liberal democracy in South Africa was a neo-colonial settlement that left the economy and the military and security sectors under the control of the white minority, while increasing wide socioeconomic disparities between rich and poor. more...
Nation-Building and Identity in Europe
Palgrave Macmillan 2008; US$ 105.00This book offers a provocative theorization of nationhood, focusing on the key role played by dialogic relations of hegemony, resistance and reciprocity in the birth of the modern European nation. The relationship between Greece and Britain at the end of the nineteenth century uncovers the linguistic construction of nationalism. more...
L'imaginaire du complot
Amsterdam University Press 2009; US$ 66.50This book explores the importance of conspiracy rhetoric within populist and far right speeches in Europe and the United States. more...









