The Social Origins of Nationalist Movements: The Contemporary West European Experience

by John Coakley

Nationalism has reemerged as one of the major issues in western European politics and society in the early 1990s. This timely volume brings the key theoretical perspectives to bear on the social context within which nationalist movements arise and evaluates the empirical evidence on this issue from a number of nationalist movements.

It presents case studies of particular regions or minorities within the context of a larger state...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080398572X
• ISBN13: 9780803985728
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"