Nationalism, Ethnicity and the State

John Coakley is Professor of Politics at the School of Politics & International Relations, University College Dublin.

With this volume, John Coakley truly establishes himself as a leading authority in the field of nationalism studies. The book presents one of the first comprehensive overviews of this burgeoning discipline. The text is richly embroidered with examples from all parts of the world which bring the connections between concepts to lifeEric KauffmannUniversity of London Students of Irish politics have long benefited from John Coakley′s erudition. Now students of nationalism and ethnicity can avail of his meticulous scholarship. Coakley has that rare gift: the ability to relay difficult subjects clearly without sacrificing nuance. This book will undoubtedly become the standard bearer in the field Dr Mary-Alice Connolly ClancyUniversity of Exeter This is a remarkably serious and multifaceted synthesis of the literature on nationalism from a comparative historical perspective. Michael HechterArizona State University Coakley provides a wide-ranging and knowledgeable account of the elements which go into the making of national identity. Coakley offers a penetrating analysis of what enables or prevents nationalism moving from programmes to political organisations to popular movements to state power and finally the use of that power for nationalist projects.John BreuillyLondon School of Economics

• IntroductionThe Study of NationalismIntroductionMatters of DefinitionMatters of EvaluationMatters of AnalysisConclusionPART ONE: NATION AND SOCIETYNationalism, Race and GenderIntroductionRace and NationGender and NationConclusionNationalism and LanguageIntroductionLanguage and Its NatureLanguage and PoliticsLanguage and NationConclusionNationalism and ReligionIntroductionReligion and Its NatureReligion and PoliticsReligion and NationConclusionNationalism and HistoryIntroductionThe Writing of HistoryNationalist HistoryHistory and the NationConclusionNationalism and Public CultureIntroductionMaterial Culture and the NationThe Arts and the NationSport and the NationConclusionPART TWO: NATIONALIST MOBILIZATIONNationalism and Social StructureIntroductionClass and NationSocioeconomic Change and NationalismRegion and NationConclusionTypes of Nationalist MobilizationIntroductionCommon FeaturesIntergrationist NationalismColonial NationalismSeparatist NationalsmConclusionExplaining NationalismIntroductionThe Birth of NationalismThe Growth of NatioalsmThe Victory of NationalismConclusionNationalism and State StructureIntroductionSuppressing MinoritiesIncorporating MinoritiesConclusionCONCLUSIONNation and State in PerspectiveIntroductionReassembling the ArgumentSpeculating About the FutureConclusion