Multiplicity of Nationalism in Contemporary Europe

Nationalism remains one of the key political, societal, and socio-psychological phenomena in contemporary Europe. The international scholars assembled in this edited collection suggest that the use of three perspectives-supranationalism, boundary-making nationalism, and regional nationalism-may be promising as an explanatory framework for the analysis of nationalism in Europe. The volume distances itself from older dichotomies such as civic and ethnic nationalism and questions the one-sided normativity of nationalism, in particular regarding the concept of liberal nationalism. It argues that a promising approach to contemporary nationalism should reflect the multiplicity of nationalism.

Nationalism remains one of the key political, societal, and sociopsychological phenomena in contemporary Europe. Its significance for the justification of state policies and the stability of political systems, particularly in the context of advanced democracies, and its significance for people's basic needs for a political and cultural identity and a sense of national pride continue to challenge scholars. The international scholars assembled in this edited collection suggest that the use of three perspectives_supranationalism, boundary-making nationalism, and regional nationalism_may be promising as an explanatory framework for the analysis of nationalism in Europe. The book's contributors distance themselves from older dichotomies such as civic and ethnic nationalism and questions the one-sided normativity of nationalism, in particular in the concept of liberal nationalism. It argues that a promising approach to contemporary nationalism should reflect the multiplicity of nationalism. The volume is a collection of studies by a multinational group of authors with backgrounds in Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Germany, Latvia, New Zealand, Poland, Spain, Ukraine and the United States.

1 Table of Contents
Chapter 2 1. Nationalism in Contemporary Europe: Is There Still Anything to Explore?
Part 3 I. Questioning Conceptions of Nationalism
Chapter 4 2. Civic Nationalism and the Nation-State: Towards a Dynamic Model of Convergence
Chapter 5 4. The Unbearable Lightness of British “Liberal Nationalism”
Part 6 II. Three Perspectives on Nationalism in Europe
Chapter 7 4. European Nationalism and European Identity
Chapter 8 5. Globalization and Nationalism in Europe: Demolishing Walls and Building Boundaries
Chapter 9 6. Theorizing Regional Minority Nationalism
Part 10 III. Old Nationalism in Western Europe?
Chapter 11 7. "Back to the Future" with the Vlaams Belang? Flemish Nationalism as a Modernizing Project in a Post-Modern European Union
Chapter 12 8. National Pride and Prejudice: The Case of Germany
Chapter 13 9. Nationalism in Italy
Part 14 IV. New Nationalism in Eastern Europe?
Chapter 15 10. Marginalized Radicalism: The Recent Trends in Latvian Nationalism
Chapter 16 11. The Grass Was Always Greener in the Past: Re-Nationalizing Bulgaria's Return to Europe
Chapter 17 12. The Importance of Being European: Narratives of East and West in Serbian and Croatian Nationalism
Chapter 18 13. Nationalism in Contemporary Europe: Multiplicity and West-East Similarity
19 Index
20 About the Contributors