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Global matrix : nationalism, globalism and state-terrorism /

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 iden...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nairn, Tom
Otros Autores: James, Paul (Paul Warren), 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Ann Arbor, MI : Pluto Press, 2005.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 304 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-286) and index.
ISBN:9781435660786
1435660781
9781849644709
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9781783719099
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9786611750602