Nationalism in a Global Era : the Persistence of Nations (Hardcover)

The Owl’s Early Flight: Globalization and Nationalism, An Introduction. Section 1: Theoretical Approaches. Nations in Decline? The Erosion and Persistence of Modern National Identities. Comparing Visions of the Nation: The Role of Ethnicity, Religion and Diaspora Nationalism in Armenian, Jewish, and Sikh Relations to the Homeland. When is the Nation No Longer? Section 2: Memory and the Persistence of Nations. The Appeal of Nationhood: National Celebrations & Commemorations. The Persistence of the Turkish Nation in the Mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Which ‘Nation’ Persists?: The Competing Notions of the Thai Nation as Reflected in Public Monuments. The Cross, the Madonna, and the Jew: Persistent Symbolic Representations of the Nation in Poland. National Identity and Tourism in 20th Century Ireland: The Role of Collective Re-Imagining. Section 3: Threat, Response, Re-Emergence. The Persistence of the Baltic Nations under Soviet Rule: An Ethno-Symbolist Critique of Modernist Perspectives on the Breakup of the USSR. Croatian Language Policy: Establishing National Identity in the Era of Globalization. National Identity in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan: State Made, Still Durable.