ABSTRACT

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.

chapter |20 pages

Introduction

Nationalism and internationalism in the post-Cold War era

part II|62 pages

The Iron Curtain rising

chapter 4|20 pages

From internationalism to nationalism?

Poland 1944–96

chapter 6|24 pages

The little nation

Minorities and majorities in the context of shifting geographies

part III|67 pages

Attachments and arrangements

chapter 7|14 pages

The grounds of the nation—state

Identity, violence and territory 1

chapter 8|26 pages

From Khartoum to Quebec

Internationalism and nationalism within the multi-community state 1

chapter 9|25 pages

To be a European citizen

Eros and civilization 1

part IV|73 pages

Images of world order

chapter 10|19 pages

Nationalism and world order

chapter 11|28 pages

Why secession is not like divorce

chapter 12|24 pages

Who's afraid of a global state?