{"product_id":"nationalist-exclusion-and-ethnic-conflict-shadows-of-modernity-hardback-9780521812559","title":"Nationalist Exclusion and Ethnic Conflict; Shadows of Modernity (Hardback) 9780521812559","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNationalist Exclusion and Ethnic Conflict\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eShadows of Modernity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book argues that nationalist exclusion and ethnic conflict are characteristic of a modern society that is fragmented into nation states.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAndreas Wimmer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521812559, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 6 June 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e330 pages, 2 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.65 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Wimmer's book is learned and theoretically wide-ranging, and his perspectives on social closure (Weber's concept) are based on a reformulation of the concept of culture. … Wimmer's book is … a stimulating addition to the interdisciplinary literature on nationalism.' Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAndreas Wimmer argues that nationalist and ethnic politics have shaped modern societies to a far greater extent than has been acknowledged by social scientists. The modern state governs in the name of a people defined in ethnic and national terms. Democratic participation, equality before the law and protection from arbitrary violence were offered only to the ethnic group in a privileged relationship with the emerging nation-state. Depending on circumstances, the dynamics of exclusion took on different forms. Where nation building was 'successful', immigrants and 'ethnic minorities' are excluded from full participation; they risk being targets of xenophobia and racism. In weaker states, political closure proceeded along ethnic, rather than national lines and leads to corresponding forms of conflict and violence. In chapters on Mexico, Iraq and Switzerland, Wimmer provides extended case studies that support and contextualise this argument.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Theoretical Explorations: 1. Compromise and closure: a theory of social dynamics\u003cbr\u003e 2. The making of modern communities\u003cbr\u003e Part II. State Building and Ethnic Conflict: 3. Who owns the state? Ethnic conflicts after the end of empires\u003cbr\u003e 4. Nationalism and ethnic mobilisation in Mexico\u003cbr\u003e 5. From empire to ethnocracy. Iraq since the Ottomans\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Politics of Exclusion in Nationalised States: 6. Racism and xenophobia\u003cbr\u003e 7. Nationalising multi-ethnic Switzerland.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political science \u0026amp; theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political science \u0026amp; theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20science%20\u0026amp;%20theory%20%5BJPA%5D%22\"\u003eJPA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265138413848,"sku":"9780521812559","price":55.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521011853.jpg?v=1692019827","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/nationalist-exclusion-and-ethnic-conflict-shadows-of-modernity-hardback-9780521812559","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}