Understanding Nationalism

Montserrat Guibernau is lecturer in Government and Politics at the Open University John Hutchinson is lecturer in Nationalism in Europe at the London School of Economics and Political Science

• 1 Nations and History Anthony D. Smith. 2 The State and Nationalism John Breuilly.3 Homelands in a World of States Walker Connor.4 Nations and Culture John Hutchinson.5 Nationality and Religion Steven Grosby.6 Nationalism, Feminism and Gender Relations Nira Yuval-Davis.7 Japanese Nationalism in a Marketplace Perspective Kosaku Yoshino.8 Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Africa Crawford Young.9 Postcommunism and Nationalism John Armstrong.10 Explaining Murderous Ethnic Cleansing: The Macro-Level Michael Mann.11 Globalization and the Nation-State Montserrat Guibernau.Index

"The Value of the book lies in its versatility. For experts in the field it provides a nice overview of the current state of play within nationalism research...an excellent book well worth using for a course on nationalism." Jeffrey J. Cormier, The Canadian Journal of Sociology Online'Because of its variety of disciplinary outlooks, its ability to link theoretical analysis to contemporary issues and its combination of keen academic debates and clear explanations of different approaches, frameworks and themes, Understanding Nationalism is an indispensible book for scholars working in the field and highly recommended for students dealing with the complex issues of nationalism and identity. This book shows the relevance of the study of nationalism to our understanding of the contemporary world and will probably become one of the seminal works on nationalism of the decade.' Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism "The result is worthy of applause and merits the attention of all serious scholars working in the field...the editors have succeeded in inspiring the creation of original, learned and interesting essays, written by well-established scholars whose mind seems forever to be expanding to encompass the most recent event, the most subtle movement. The reader is aware of being in the presence of greatness." Athena S.Leoussi, Ethnic and Racial studies