The Shifting Foundations of Modern Nation-States
Subtitle: Realignments of Belonging (Green College Thematic Lecture Series)
Contributors: Sima Godfrey (Editor); Frank Unger (Editor)
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: April 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780802035011
Subjects: Political structure & processes; Politics / Current Events; Political Ideologies - Nationalism; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; Political Science / Political Ideologies / Nationalism; National state; History
First sentence: Nation-states today are under pressure from opposite directions. In some parts of the world - for example, in Western Europe - they are being challenged by the movement towards assimilation into a larger, supra-national polity.