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Nationalism and Binationalism - The Perils of Perfect Structures (Hardcover, New)
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Nationalism and Binationalism - The Perils of Perfect Structures (Hardcover, New)
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For the last two centuries, the nation state has posed a formidable
challenge to multinational empires. It has served as a base for
modernisation, secularisation and democratisation and also for the
formation of totalitarian regimes. Today, the nation state faces
challenges from multiple directions. National minorities demand
self-determination while religious forces seek to undermine secular
governments, and global migration movements destroy the cultural
uniformity once considered essential for the formation and
preservation of nation states. Nationalism and Binationalism is the
first of a three-volume set (detailed below) which addresses key
challenges facing the contemporary nation state from a global
perspective but with special emphasis on the Middle East and
Israel. Publication reflects research conducted under the auspices
of The Israel Democracy Institute's "Nation State Project", which
analyses Israel's complex reality in which a Jewish majority
contends with an Arab minority, ultra-Orthodox religious forces
reject the authority of the nation state, and an immigrant society
exhibits substantial cultural and ethnic variance. Volume I
examines binationalism a topic that has gained popularity in
academic circles as a possible solution to the Israel/Palestine
issue from a theoretical point of view and from a practical angle,
analysing cases in which two ethnic groups or nations share one
political system and govern it jointly. Some contributors challenge
the accepted notion of national unity in several countries, such as
France and Germany; others consider the precedents of Belgium and
Canada, and other countries, which are considered as binational.
The history of the binational concept in Israel is explored and
different opinions are presented on its future prospects: the idea
of Israel within the borders of 1949 as a binational state, and the
possibility of a binational state between the Jordan River and the
Mediterranean.
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