Nationalism and Internationalism in the Post-Cold War Era

by Kjell Goldmann (Author), Ulf Hannerz (Author)

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  Paperback
  2000

  $64.52

  The tension between nationalism and internationalism has been a major feature of world politics since the end of the Cold War. Based on a Nobel symposium, this collection brings together an international selection of acclaimed authors from a wide variety of academic disciplines. The book combines focused case-studies and more theoretically based material to examine critically the post-Cold War political landscape. Subjects covered include:
  
  * changing interpretation of the nation state and nationalism
  * the growing prominence of transnational organisations
  * technological changes in information, communication and transport
  * multiculturalism and citizenship
  *ethnicity and religious identity in African, Indian, Bosnian and Polish nationalism
  * the growing global significance of Islam.