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Nations and democracy : new theoretical perspectives /
A figure of enduring ingenuity, the nation has for centuries played a part on the socio-political stage. Whether centre stage or background scenery, it has featured in violent tragedies, revolutionary drama and nostalgic fable. Today, the nation is cast simultaneously in the roles of villain and her...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, N.Y. :
Routledge,
2015.
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| Colección: | Routledge advances in democratic theory ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | A figure of enduring ingenuity, the nation has for centuries played a part on the socio-political stage. Whether centre stage or background scenery, it has featured in violent tragedies, revolutionary drama and nostalgic fable. Today, the nation is cast simultaneously in the roles of villain and hero. While it is renounced by those advocating trans-national, post-national and cosmopolitan forms of belonging, it has lately also been asserted as the solution to various social failures in liberal democracies. This appears to leave us with two alternatives: to jettison the nation in order to move. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (160 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781315773391 1315773392 9781317681298 1317681290 9781317681274 1317681274 9781317681281 1317681282 |