AUTHOR APPROVED
*A concise overview of the contending approaches to the nation and nationalism, in a European context*
This introduction to the vast and complex research on the nation and nationalism in Europe reviews systematically and assesses critically the existing research; introduces readers to the major controversies involved; explores the authors' own ideas on the nation and nationalism; and discusses the research in the empirical context of selected case studies.
Key Features
*Empirical insights into nationalism in Western and Eastern Europe
*Clear explanations of contemporary theoretical positions and perspectives
*Critical assessment of the breadth of the literature in the field
*Case studies of nationalism in Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Britain, Italy, Latvia, Poland and Sweden
Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski is Associate Professor of Political Science and the Chair of Political Science in the Willy Brandt Centre for German and European Studies, University of Wroclaw, Poland. He is co-editor, with Andrzej Marcin Suszycki, of /Nationalism and European Integration/ (2007) and /Multiplicity of Nationalism in Contemporary Europe/ (2009).
Andrzej Marcin Suszycki is a Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Potsdam, Germany and a Lecturer in Political Theory and International Relations at the University of Passau, Germany. He is author of /Italienische Osteuropapolitik 1989-2000/ (2003).

Ireneusz P. Karolewski is Head of the Political Studies Department in the The Willy Brandt Centre for German and European Studies at the University of Wroclaw. He graduated and received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Potsdam in Germany. He was Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science at the University of Potsdam from 1999 to 2008. He has held guest professorships and fellowships at the Harvard University, the Université de Montréal, Institut D'Etudes Politiques in Lille, the University of California in Santa Barbara and the New York University. He is co-convenor of the ECPR Standing Group on Identity and managing editor of the Annual of European and Global Studies, published by Edinburgh University Press.

Andrzej Marcin Suszycki is Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Potsdam, Germany and a Lecturer in Political Theory and International Relations at the University of Passau, Germany. He is author of /Italienische Osteuropapolitik 1989-2000 (2003).

Introduction; Part I: The Nation: Introduction; 1. The Nation: Which kind of political community?; 2. The Ethnic Nation; 3. The Civic Nation; 4. Alternative approaches; 5. Primordial phenomenon or modern phenomenon?; 6. Denationalisation through globalisation?; Part II: Nationalism: Definitions and functions; Introduction; 7. Macro-nationalism: Nationalism as ideology; 8. Meso-nationalism as social movement; 9. Micro-nationalism as attitude; 10. Typologies of nationalism; 11. Nationalism: good or evil? Liberal versus illiberal nationalism; Part III: European Nationalism in Practice; 12. Western Europe; 13. Central and Eastern Europe; 14. Nationalism and European integration; Conclusion.