Nations, States, and Violence

by David D. Laitin

Book Overview

Nations, States, and Violence presents a revisionist view of the sources of nationalism, the relationship of the nation to culture, and the implications of nationalism and cultural heterogeneity for the future of the nation-state. It accepts the now-standard view that national identities are
not inherited traits but constructed communities in order to serve political ends. But the resulting national identities do not emerge from some metaphorical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019922823X
• ISBN13: 9780199228232
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.3"