Nationalism and rationality
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Nationalism and rationality
Cambridge University Press, 1995
- : hbk
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Papers presented at the 5th Villa Colombella Seminar, held on Sept. 2-4, 1992
"Paperback re-issue"--Backcover of pbk
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Why is nationalism so widespread? How does the phenomenon arise? How can its negative consequences be controlled? This collection of essays by economists, sociologists, and political scientists from North America and Europe tries to answer these questions at the forefront of political discussion. The work differs from others in that the authors' responses are not based on avowed ideological perspectives, but are rather drawn from rational-choice analysis, the foundation of social science. Although each of the contributors to Nationalism and Rationality takes a distinctive point of view, the collection as a whole focuses on three subjects - the origins of nationalism, whether and why it promotes good or evil, and how to deal with its occasional destructive consequences. Readers will find provocative insights into nationalism through the contributors' diverse diagnoses and prescriptions.
Table of Contents
- List of contributors and discussants
- Introduction
- 1. Rights, rationality, and nationality James S. Coleman
- 2. Self interest, group identity Russell Hardin
- 3. Some economics of ethnic capital formation and conflict Ronald Wintrobe
- 4. Ethnic clubs, ethnic conflict and the rise of ethnic nationalism Roger D. Congleton
- 5. The re-emergence of secessionism: lessons from Quebec Stephane Dion
- 6. Nationalism revisited Albert Breton and Margot Breton
- 7. Notes on the political economy of nationalism Ronald Findlay
- 8. Conservative nationalism and democratic institutions Jean-Dominique Lafay
- 9. Can economics explain nationalism? Ugo Pagano
- 10. The economics of socialist nationalism: evidence and theory Mario Ferrero
- 11. Regulating nations and ethnic communities Brendan O'Leary and John McGarry
- 12. Nations competing against themselves: an interpretation of European integration Pierre Salmon
- Index.
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