Nationalism in Late and Post-Communist Europe ― The Failed Nationalism of the Multinational and Partial National States

This is the first volume of a three-volume work that is the product of an international research project carried out between 1996 and 2000 exploring nationalism as a driving force in the post-Soviet transformation of the state order in Eastern Europe. Six central issues animate the proceedings: how people define the characteristics that are constitutive of a nation, the conditions and factors that lead to democratic or authoritarian nationalisms, the relationship between state or civic nationalism and ethnic nationalism, the conditions and factors that lead to violent or peaceful resolutions of nationality conflicts, the connections between mode of conflict resolution and the organizational form and political program of national movements, and the social groups that are the social carriers of national movements and provide their intellectual and political leaders. Presented by Jahn (emeritus, political science and contemporary history, U. of Mannheim, Germany), the 15 papers in the first volume address the current state of research on nationalism, particularly as associated with the above- mentioned issues and also include case studies of the "failed nationalisms" of the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and Bosnia Herzegovina. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)