The Nation and Nationalism in Europe: An Introduction

Pawel Karolewski and Andrzej Suszycki

Paper, 272 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-7486-3807-9
$29.50

January, 2010
Cloth, 272 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-7486-3806-2
Edinburgh University Press
$90.00

An overview of the contending approaches to the nation and nationalism in a European context, this book explores a wide variety of theoretical perspectives, including the controversial issue of theoretical dichotomy (civic versus ethnic nationalism) and attempts to overcome it. It also introduces three types of nationalism: ideology, social movement, and attitude, allowing for a systematic treatment of sub-state and central state nationalism. In conclusion the text looks at European nationalism in practice, offering new empirical findings from both in-depth single country cases and cross-country comparisons.

Related Subjects

• Politics and Political Theory

About the Author

Pawel Karolewski is assistant professor of political philosophy at the University of Potsdam. He is coauthor, with Andrzej Marcin Suszycki, of Nationalism and European Integration and co-editor, also with Suszycki, of Nationalism in Contemporary Europe: Theoretical Insights and Empirical Evidence. Andrzej Suszycki is a senior lecturer in politics at the University of Potsdam.

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