Neo-nationalism in Europe and Beyond

Andre Gingrich is Full Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Vienna. Recent publications include Anthropology, by Comparison (co-edited with Richard G. Fox, 2002) and One Discipline, Four Ways: British, German, French, and American Anthropology: The Halle lectures (co-authored with Frederik Barth, Robert Parkin and Sydel Silverman, University of Chicago Press, forthcoming).

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Neo-nationalism in Europe and BeyondMarcus Banks and Andre GingrichPART I: CONCEPTS AND METHODSChapter 1. Nation, Status and Gender in Trouble? Exploring Some Contexts and Characteristics of Neo-nationalism in Western EuropeAndre GingrichChapter 2. Performing ‘Neo-nationalism’: Some Methodological NotesMarcus BanksPART II: CASE STUDIES FROM WESTERN EUROPEChapter 3. Imagined Kinship: The Role of Descent in the Rearticulation of Norwegian Ethno-nationalismMarianne GullestadChapter 4. The Emergence of Neo-nationalism in Denmark, 1992–2001Peter HervikChapter 5. ‘At Your Service!’: Reflections on the Rise of Neo-nationalism in the NetherlandsThijl Sunier and Rob van GinkelChapter 6. Neo-nationalism and Democracy in Belgium: On Understanding the Contexts of Neo-communitarianismRik PinxtenChapter 7. ‘Being the Native’s Friend Does Not Make You the Foreigner’s Enemy!’Neo-nationalism, the Freedom Party and Jörg Haider in AustriaThomas FillitzChapter 8. Neo-nationalism or Neo-localism? Integralist Political Engagements in Italy at the Turn of the MillenniumJaro StaculChapter 9. Regarding the Front NationalGerald Gaillard-StarzmannPART III: EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVESChapter 10. ‘Healthy Native Soil’ versus Common Agricultural Policy: Neo-nationalism and Farmers in the EU, the Example of AustriaGertraud SeiserChapter 11. New Nationalisms in the EU: Occupying the Available SpaceMaryon McDonaldPART IV: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVESChapter 12. Neo-nationalism in India: A Comparative CounterpointMukulika BanerjeeChapter 13. Nationalism and Neo-populism in Australia: Hansonism and the Politics of the New Right in AustraliaBruce Kapferer and Barry MorrisPART V: AFTERTHOUGHTSAfterthoughtsUlf HannerzNotes on ContributorsSubject IndexName Index

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