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003 DLC
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008 120418s2013 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012016081
020 $a9781107025554 (hardback)
020 $a9781107673243 (paperback)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aJC311$b.W469 2013
082 00 $a320.5409/04$223
084 $aSOC026000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aWimmer, Andreas.
245 10 $aWaves of war :$bnationalism, state formation, and ethnic exclusion in the modern world /$cAndreas Wimmer.
260 $aCambridge [England] ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$cc2013.
263 $a1207
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aCambridge studies in comparative politics
520 $a"Why did the nation-state emerge and proliferate across the globe? How is this process related to the wars fought in the modern era? This book offers a new perspective on these issues. Analyzing datasets that cover the entire world over long stretches of time, Andreas Wimmer shows that political power and legitimacy are central to our understanding of nation building, ethnic politics and the violent conflicts associated with both. He argues that shifting from dynastic or imperial legitimacy to rule in the name of a nationally defined people was both the consequence and the cause of wars between and within states. Once the 'like over like' principle was established, the ethno-political inequality that characterized nation-states with weak institutional capacity led to further ethnic conflict. Waves of War demonstrates why nationalism and ethnic politics are crucial for a proper understanding of world and domestic politics over the past 200 years"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine 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.
650 0 $aNationalism$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aNation-state$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aEthnic groups$xPolitical activity$xHistory$y20th century.
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.$2bisacsh