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Global Matrix by Tom Nairn & Paul James
Nationalism, Globalism and State-terrorism
The authors explore four main questions: -- What is the cultural- political nature of contemporary globalization? -- How adequate, particularly in the context of nation-states, is a politics of democratic nationalism? -- How are we to understand new and old nations in the context of changes across the late twentieth century.Globalization has brought with it many difficult and contradictory phenomena: violence, deep national insecurities, religious divisions and individual insecurities. This book takes a critical look at three key areas - globalism, nationalism, and state-terror - to confront common mythologies and identify the root causes of the problems we face. Too many commentators still argue that globalization is predominantly a neo-liberal economic phenomenon; that nation-states are on the way out, and that terror is something that primarily comes from below. Global Matrix exposes the limitations of this argument. The authors explore four main questions: -- What is the cultural-political nature of contemporary globalization? -- How adequate, particularly in the context of nation-states, is a politics of democratic nationalism? -- How are we to understand new and old nations in the context of changes across the late twentieth century and into the present? -- Where does national violence come from and what does it mean for a 'war on terror'? Written by two leading scholars, this is a lucid study of what place the nation-state has in a globalizing world that will appeal to students across the political and social sciences. |
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| Author(s) : Tom Nairn & Paul James | Format : Hardback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 0745322913 | ISBN-13 : 9780745322919 |
| RRP : £55.00 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Country Publication : United Kingdom
Publication Date : 22/04/2005
Publisher : Pluto Press
Page Length : 312mm
Page Size : 250mm