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Waves of war : nationalism, state formation, and ethnic exclusion in the modern world / Andreas Wimmer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wimmer, Andreas, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in comparative politics.
- Cambridge studies in comparative politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nationalism--History--20th century.
- Nationalism.
- Nation-state--History--20th century.
- Nation-state.
- Ethnic groups--Political activity--History--20th century.
- Ethnic groups.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 328 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Why did the nation-state emerge and proliferate across the globe? How is this process related to the wars fought in the modern era? Analyzing datasets that cover the entire world over long stretches of time, Andreas Wimmer focuses on changing configurations of power and legitimacy to answer these questions. The nationalist ideal of self-rule gradually diffused over the world and delegitimized empire after empire. Nationalists created nation-states wherever the power configuration favored them, often at the end of prolonged wars of secession. The elites of many of these new states were institutionally too weak for nation-building and favored their own ethnic communities. Ethnic rebels challenged such exclusionary power structures in violation of the principles of self-rule, and neighboring governments sometimes intervened into these struggles over the state. Waves of War demonstrates why nation-state formation and ethnic politics are crucial to understand the civil and international wars of the past 200 years.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction and summary; 2. The birth of the nation; 3. The global rise of the nation-state; 4. Nation-state formation and war; 5. Ethnic politics and armed conflict; 6. Can peace be engineered?; 7. Conclusion; Appendices.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-316-09006-X
- 1-139-56475-7
- 1-139-54996-0
- 1-139-55617-7
- 1-139-55492-1
- 1-139-19831-9
- 1-139-55247-3
- 1-283-74135-0
- 1-139-55121-3
- OCLC:
- 817929015
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