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People, Nation and State The Meaning of Ethnicity and Nationalism

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ISBN-10: 1860644015

ISBN-13: 9781860644016

Edition: 1999

Authors: Edward Mortimer, Robert Fine

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This text attempts to illuminate the issues of ethnic and national identity which have emerged as central to world politics.
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Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited
Publication date: 12/31/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 184
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Edward Mortimer, a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and Kofi Annan's UN speechwriter, collaborated with Annan in the creation of this book.

Introduction
Ethnicity
The Making of Ethnicity: A Modest Defence of Primordialism
The Nature of Ethnicity: Lessons from Africa
Nation
Adam's Navel: 'Primordialists' Versus 'Modernists'
The Nation: Real or Imagined?
National Identity
Gender, Nations and Nationalisms
The Elusive Cultural Community
Defining National Identity in a Multicultural Society
National Self-Determination
Beyond the Flawed Principle of National Self-determination
The Right of Self-determination
Between Union and Separation: The Path of Conciliation
Does a Nation Need a State? Reflections on Liberal Nationalism
Civic Nationalism
Benign Nationalism? The Possibilities of the Civic Ideal
Benign Nationalism? The Limits of the Civic Ideal
Index