{"product_id":"states-and-nations-power-and-civility-hallsian-perspectives-hardback-9781487502379","title":"States and Nations, Power and Civility; Hallsian Perspectives (Hardback) 9781487502379","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eStates and Nations, Power and Civility\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHallsian Perspectives\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFrancesco Duina (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487502379\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 11 January 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages, 3 b\u0026amp;w tables\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 2.5 cm, 0.66 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eCivility in national and international politics is under siege. In this volume, twelve distinguished sociologists and historians from North America, Europe, and China reflect on the nature and preservation of civility in and between nation states and empires in a set of geographically and historically wide-ranging chapters.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCivility protects individual self-determination and expression, promotes productive economic activity and wealth, and is central to political stability and peace within and across political communities. Yet power, always concentrated and endemic in nation states and imperial settings, poses great risks to civility. Guided by the perspective of John A. Hall, who has done more to identify and investigate the intricate relationships between states, nations, the power they hold, and civility than any other contemporary social scientist, \u003ci\u003eStates and Nations, Power and Civility\u003c\/i\u003e offers a set of crisp, in-depth investigations regarding the specific mechanisms of civility and how it may be protected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart One: National Contexts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Is America Breaking Apart? The Rise of Donald Trump\u003cbr\u003e2. How Homogenous Need America Be? Nation, Race, and Civility\u003cbr\u003e3. Roadblocks to Civility: Lessons from Turkish Nationalism\u003cbr\u003e4. Urban Civility Defying Political Authoritarianism? Unpacking Turkey\u0026amp;#x2019;s Reversal of Democracy\u003cbr\u003e5. Under Stress: Civility, Compassion, and National Solidarity – The Refugee Crisis in Germany after 1945\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Two: International and Comparative Contexts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Nationalism and Imperialism as Enemies and Friends: Nation-State Formation and Imperial Projects in the Balkans\u003cbr\u003e7. The Despotic and Infrastructural Powers of Democratic, Autocratic, and Authoritarian Regimes\u003cbr\u003e8. Resistance and Nationalist Violence: A Hallsian Approach to Nation-Building in a Colonial Context\u003cbr\u003e9. Two Communist Revolutions: A Hallsian Comparison of China and Russia\u003cbr\u003e10. Religious Toleration in Pre-Modern Empires\u003cbr\u003e11. Ashoka and Constantine: On Mega-Actors and the Politics of Empires and Religions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595457360152,"sku":"9781487502379","price":44.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/states-and-nations-power-and-civility-hallsian-perspectives-hardback-9781487502379","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}