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The Routledge Handbook of Comparative Territorial Autonomies
affords a comprehensive, pioneering and interdisciplinary survey of
this emerging field. Moving beyond traditionally narrower
engagements with the subject, it combines approaches to comparative
law and comparative politics to provide an authoritative guide to
the principal theoretical and empirical topics in the area.
Bringing together a team of cutting-edge scholars from different
disciplines and continents, the volume illuminates the latest
thinking and scholarship on comparative territorial autonomies.
This Handbook is an authoritative, essential reference text for
students, academics and researchers in its field. It will also be
of key interest to those in the fields of comparative politics,
comparative law, local/regional government, federalism,
decentralisation and nationalism, as well as practitioners in think
tanks, NGOs and international governmental organisations.
'Independence in Europe', adopted by the Scottish National Party
(SNP) as its core policy in 1988, has become part and parcel of
contemporary Scottish nationalism. But is this not a contradiction
in terms? Nationalistic logic dictates that one cannot demand
independence while accepting the constraints that come with
membership of the European Union. This book takes up that question
and explores the conditions that have emerged and become integrated
with Scottish society today. Scottish Nationalism and the Idea of
Europe offers fresh insights into the 'pro-European' dimension of
Scottish nationalism and its implications for the UK. The book also
argues for the necessity of examining the uses of history in
seeking to understand the 'new' nationalisms of contemporary
Europe.
This new collection of key authors on nationalism presents the
latest thinking on this fundamental aspect of Politics,
International Relations and Sociology. John Breuilly, Walker
Connor, Steven Grosby, Eric Hobsbawm, Anthony D Smith and Pierre
van den Berghe comprehensively explain and address the key
contemporary question in nationalism studies of 'when is the
nation?' , or what point in a nation's history is it born, with
authority and freshness. Our world is still deeply imbedded in the
language and practice of nations and nationalism and they remain
central parts in understanding human society. This comparison and
contrast of the main approaches reveals their strengths and
weaknesses. This new text: * introduces the main schools of thought
with clarity and concision * tackles the most pertinent questions
in nationalism * delivers both theoretical and empirical
perspectives * uses an innovative new interactive debate format
with questions and answers * presents key case studies bringing
theory to life The inclusion of case studies gives the reader fresh
insight into specific nations and national groups, including The
United States, Greece, England and Fiji. The accessible debate
format puts main theories and thinkers to the test, enabling the
reader to interact with the issues directly. This unique volume is
an invaluable resource for students and scholars of nationalism,
ethnicity and global conflict.
This new collection of key authors on nationalism presents the
latest thinking on this fundamental aspect of Politics,
International Relations and Sociology. John Breuilly, Walker
Connor, Steven Grosby, Eric Hobsbawm, Anthony D Smith and Pierre
van den Berghe comprehensively explain and address the key
contemporary question in nationalism studies of 'when is the
nation?' , or what point in a nation's history is it born, with
authority and freshness. Our world is still deeply imbedded in the
language and practice of nations and nationalism and they remain
central parts in understanding human society. This comparison and
contrast of the main approaches reveals their strengths and
weaknesses. This new text: * introduces the main schools of thought
with clarity and concision * tackles the most pertinent questions
in nationalism * delivers both theoretical and empirical
perspectives * uses an innovative new interactive debate format
with questions and answers * presents key case studies bringing
theory to life The inclusion of case studies gives the reader fresh
insight into specific nations and national groups, including The
United States, Greece, England and Fiji. The accessible debate
format puts main theories and thinkers to the test, enabling the
reader to interact with the issues directly. This unique volume is
an invaluable resource for students and scholars of nationalism,
ethnicity and global conflict.
'Independence in Europe', adopted by the Scottish National Party
(SNP) as its core policy in 1988, has become part and parcel of
contemporary Scottish nationalism. But is this not a contradiction
in terms? Nationalistic logic dictates that one cannot demand
independence while accepting the constraints that come with
membership of the European Union. This book takes up that question
and explores the conditions that have emerged and become integrated
with Scottish society today. In this innovative study, Atsuko
Ichijo argues that the idea of 'Independence in Europe' acquired
coherence because of two factors: first, there are a variety of
images of Europe that the people from that continent have developed
over millennia; second, there is a large depository of images of
Scotland that the people of Scotland have cultivated over
centuries. The diversity of images available has made it possible
for contemporary Scots to pick and choose the images of Scotland
and Europe that reflect their aspirations and hence to create a
coherent world-view. 'pro-European' dimension of Scottish
nationalism and its implications for the UK. The book also argues
for the necessity of examining the uses of history in seeking to
understand the 'new' nationalisms of contemporary Europe. This book
will be of great interest to students and researchers of British
political history, nationalism and contemporary European politics.
Providing a comprehensive and comparative analysis of the way
national and European identities are intertwined in old and new
member states of the European Union, this volume assembles nine
country case studies. Each country has experienced different
processes of state formation, nation-building and democratization,
thus they have each developed different forms of national identity
and different patterns of interaction between national and European
identities. The case studies illuminate the similarities and
differences in how national and European identities have evolved
among the nine countries. Rich in empirical data, the volume
examines the historical entanglement of national and European
collective identities and is therefore well suited for courses on
European studies including European integration and enlargement,
international relations and sociology.
Providing a comprehensive and comparative analysis of the way
national and European identities are intertwined in old and new
member states of the European Union, this volume assembles nine
country case studies. Each country has experienced different
processes of state formation, nation-building and democratization,
thus they have each developed different forms of national identity
and different patterns of interaction between national and European
identities. The case studies illuminate the similarities and
differences in how national and European identities have evolved
among the nine countries. Rich in empirical data, the volume
examines the historical entanglement of national and European
collective identities and is therefore well suited for courses on
European studies including European integration and enlargement,
international relations and sociology.
Nationalism and Multiple Modernities: Europe and Beyond explores
new horizons in the study of nationalism by examining the modernity
of nationalism with the theory of multiple modernities. The theory
of multiple modernities has triggered a renewed debate on modernity
by proposing a non-Western centric approach to the study of
modernity. The volume applies the concept of multiple modernities
to the study of nationalism and proposes a reformulation of
nationalism as a form of cultural programmes that reflects enhanced
human reflexivity. Three cases - Anglo-British, Finnish and
Japanese - are investigated to examine the ways in which
nationalism embodies an exercise of human agency. The volume
commends the human-agency centred approach to nationalism as a way
of avoiding Western-centricity in a social scientific
investigation. Based on its examination of the three cases the
volume suggests new directions in research into the relationship
between nationalism and religion, non-Western cases of nationalism
and 'Europe' as a cosmopolitan orientation.
This book is the first to apply the theory of multiple modernities
to the study of nationalism, examining the modernity of nationalism
through three major case-studies: Anglo-British, Finnish and
Japanese.
Building and expanding on the first edition, the second edition of
Food, National Identity and Nationalism continues to explore a
much-neglected area study: the relationship between food and
nationalism. With a preface written by Michaela DeSoucey and using
a wide range of case studies, it demonstrates that food and
nationalism is an important area to study, and that the
food-nationalism axis provides a useful prism through which to
explore and analyse the world around us, from the everyday to the
global, and the ways in which it affects us. The second edition
includes a number of new case studies, including the demise and
resurrection of pie as a 'national dish' in post-Brexit Britain;
the use of netnography; the role of diasporas in maintaining and
reinventing national food; the gastrodiplomatic potential of the
New Nordic Cuisine; the potential of veganism to transcend
nationalism; and the relationship between gastronationalism and
populism.
This book is a careful examination of the historical formation of
Britain as a conglomerate state and of key moments in its
interrelations with the European powers. The author relates this to
the governing discourses of politicians, the mass media and of the
British people. There emerges the centrality of the rhetoric of
sovereignty to political elites and to the population at large, one
that conceives of Britain's engagement with Europe as a zero-sum
game. A second related theme is the power of geographical images -
of Britain as an island, in giving sustenance to this idea of the
British nation as by nature separate and autonomous. It follows
then that the European Union is seen as 'other' and that
involvement in European decision-making tends to be viewed in terms
of threat rather than of possibility.Dr Ichijo argues that the
concept of sovereignty that underlies this is somewhat naive, since
nation-states are not autonomous, economically, militarily or
politically, in an increasingly interdependent world. Only by
pooling sovereignty can states maximize their national interests in
the contemporary world, and the European Union is one instrument by
which this can be managed. This, she shows, is understood more
among British political elites than the general population.
What do deep fried mars bars, cod, and Bulgarian yoghurt have in
common? Each have become symbolic foods with specific connotations,
located to a very specific place and country. This book explores
the role of food in society as a means of interrogating the concept
of the nation-state and its sub-units, and reveals how the
nation-state in its various disguises has been and is changing in
response to accelerated globalisation. The chapters investigate
various stages of national food: its birth, emergence, and decline,
and why sometimes no national food emerges. By collecting and
analysing a wide range of case studies from countries including
Portugal, Mexico, the USA, Bulgaria, Scotland, and Israel, the book
illustrates ways in which various social forces work together to
shape social and political realities concerning food. The
contributors, hailing from anthropology, history, sociology and
political science, investigate the significance of specific food
cultures, cuisines, dishes, and ingredients, and their association
with national identity. In so doing, it becomes clearer how these
two things interact, and demonstrates the scope and direction of
the current study of food and nationalism.
What do deep fried mars bars, cod, and Bulgarian yoghurt have in
common? Each have become symbolic foods with specific connotations,
located to a very specific place and country. This book explores
the role of food in society as a means of interrogating the concept
of the nation-state and its sub-units, and reveals how the
nation-state in its various disguises has been and is changing in
response to accelerated globalisation. The chapters investigate
various stages of national food: its birth, emergence, and decline,
and why sometimes no national food emerges. By collecting and
analysing a wide range of case studies from countries including
Portugal, Mexico, the USA, Bulgaria, Scotland, and Israel, the book
illustrates ways in which various social forces work together to
shape social and political realities concerning food. The
contributors, hailing from anthropology, history, sociology and
political science, investigate the significance of specific food
cultures, cuisines, dishes, and ingredients, and their association
with national identity. In so doing, it becomes clearer how these
two things interact, and demonstrates the scope and direction of
the current study of food and nationalism.
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