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  • Arguing for Independence

    Evidence, Risk and the Wicked Issues

    by Stephen Maxwell ...
    Series Book 8 - Viewpoints
    Shortlisted for 'Polemic of the Year' at The Paddy Power/Total Politics Political Book Awards 2013!Following an introductory chapter exploring why political argument deals in probability and plausibility across interdependent areas of social activity not certainty in individual areas, this book offers a case for independence under six main headings - the democratic case, the economic case, the ... Read more

    8,47 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Case for Left Wing Nationalism

    by Stephen Maxwell ...
    Series Book 12 - Viewpoints
    Spanning four politically and socially tumultuous decades, Stephen Maxwell's writings explore the origins and development of the modern Scottish Nationalist movement. As an instrumental member of the SNP and a life-long socialist, Maxwell's work provides an engaging contemporary insight into the debate over Scottish independence, setting out a clear ideological and practical arguments for a ... Read more

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  • National Identity and the Conflict at Oka

    Native Belonging and Myths of Postcolonial Nationhood in Canada

    by Amelia Kalant ...
    Series series Indigenous Peoples and Politics
    Through readings of literature, canonical history texts, studies of museum displays and media analysis, this work explores the historical formation of myths of Canadian national identity and then how these myths were challenged (and affirmed during the 1990 standoff at Oka. It draws upon history, literary criticism, anthropology, studies in nationalism and ethnicity and post-colonial theory. ... Read more

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  • After Independence

    The State of the Scottish Nation Debate

    Edited by Gerry Hassan ...
    Series Book 11 - Viewpoints
    At the height of the Scottish Independence debate, After Independence offers an in-depth and varied exploration of the possibilities for Scotland, from both pro and anti-independence standpoints. Drawing together over two dozen leading minds on the subject, After Independence offers a comprehensive and balanced analysis of Scotland's current and prospective political, economic, social and cultural ... Read more

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  • Stephen the Great and Balkan Nationalism

    Moldova and Eastern European History

    by Jonathan Eagles ...
    The defeat of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans in 1475 at the Battle of Vaslui heralded the beginnings of a historic legacy. The victor became known as Stephen the Great or Athleta Christi, Champion of Christ. Perceived as the founder of a Balkan identity, Stephen the Great maintained Moldova's independence during periods of fierce Ottoman attack between 1457 and 1504. His Christian religious ... Read more

    132,81 €

  • Nationalism in Europe and America

    Politics, Cultures, and Identities since 1775

    by Lloyd S. Kramer ...
    Examining the history of nationalism’s pervasive influence on modern politics and cultural identities, Lloyd Kramer discusses how nationalist ideas gained emotional and cultural power after the revolutionary upheavals in the late eighteenth-century Atlantic world.Nationalism in Europe and America analyzes the multiple historical contexts and intellectual themes that have shaped modern nationalist ... Read more

    20,87 €

  • The Kurdish National Movement in Turkey

    From Protest to Resistance

    by Cengiz Gunes ...
    Series series Exeter Studies in Ethno Politics
    This book provides an interpretive and critical analysis of Kurdish identity, nationalism and national movement in Turkey since the 1960s. By raising issues and questions relating to Kurdish political identity and highlighting the ideological specificity, diversity and the transformation of Kurdish nationalism, it develops a new empirical dimension to the study of the Kurds in Turkey.Cengiz Gunes ... Read more

    59,65 €

  • Ain't Nothing Like Freedom

    by Cynthia McKinney ...
    Elected six times to the House from the state of Georgia, Cynthia McKinney cut a trail through Congressional deceit like a hot ember through ash. She discovered legislators who passed laws without reading them. Party leaders who colluded across party lines against their constituents' interests. Black-skinned individuals shilling for the white status quo. She excoriated government lassitude over ... Read more

    10,38 €

  • Blood Ties

    Religion, Violence and the Politics of Nationhood in Ottoman Macedonia, 1878–1908

    by İpek Yosmaoğlu ...
    The region that is today the Republic of Macedonia was long the heart of the Ottoman Empire in Europe. It was home to a complex mix of peoples and faiths who had for hundreds of years lived together in relative peace. To be sure, these people were no strangers to coercive violence and various forms of depredations visited upon them by bandits and state agents. In the final decades of the ... Read more

    25,75 €

  • European Nations

    Explaining Their Formation

    by Miroslav Hroch ...
    Translated by Karolina Graham ...
    In the history of modern political thought, no topics have attracted as much attention as nationalism, nation-formation, and patriotism. A mass of literature has grown around these vexed issues, muddying the waters, and a level-headed clarification is long overdue.Rather than adding another theory of nationalism to this maelstrom of ideas, Miroslav Hroch has created a remarkable synthesis, ... Read more

    9,42 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Under the Heel of the Dragon

    Islam, Racism, Crime, and the Uighur in China

    by Blaine Kaltman ...
    Series Book 7 - Research in International Studies, Global and Comparative Studies
    The Turkic Muslims known as the Uighur have long faced social and economic disadvantages in China because of their minority status. Under the Heel of the Dragon: Islam, Racism, Crime, and the Uighur in China offers a unique insight into current conflicts resulting from the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and the Chinese government’s oppression of religious minorities, issues that have heightened ... Read more

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  • Ethno-symbolism and Nationalism

    A Cultural Approach

    by Anthony D. Smith ...
    Anthony D. Smith is Emeritus Professor of Nationalism and Ethnicity at the London School of Economics, and is considered one of the founders of the interdisciplinary field of nationalism studies. Anthony Smith has developed an approach to the study of nations and nationalism called ethno-symbolism, which is concerned with the nature of ethnic groups and nations, and the need to consider their ... Read more

    59,65 €