The collapse of communism sparked a wave of democratization that was characterized by distinctive development of democracy in post-communist societies of Central and Eastern Europe. Democratization processes in those societies have generated specific problems, including uncertainty regarding the establishment of democracy, its sustainability, and development. Among the others, a characteristic ...

The normative binary of ‘good-progressive’ and ‘bad-retrograde’ nationalism, traceable to the civic ethnic dichotomy, is alive well in studies nationalism populism today. This articl...

The recent referendum on Scottish independence was characterised by a fail­ ing on behalf of the Better Together campaign to articulate a positive vision and concep­ tion of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In particular, any per­ suasive notion of Britishness was notable by its absence. This paper attempts to shed light on the question of nationalism, in the British co...

Existing scholarship has tended to exclude Chile from studies of indigenismo in Latin America, on the basis that it has not experienced the same history of ethnic conflict as other countries in the region. My doctoral thesis challenges this consensus, highlighting various discursive manifestations of such a conflict in twentieth-century Chile, and investigating the successive attempts of intell...

Fascism belongs to the "family" of right-wing authoritarian and radical nationalist movements and regimes. Fascist movements regard the state as an organic whole and omnipotent principle transcending class interests, economic tensions, and ethnic conflicts. Fascism and authoritarianism rejected and repressed Marxist socialism, liberalism, ethnic minorities, and laissez-faire capitalism. One may...

Title of dissertation: MONUMENTS AS A NATIONAL PRACTICE: THE DILEMMAS OF LIBERAL NATIONALISM Avital Shein, Doctor of Philosophy, 2007 Dissertation directed by: Professor Ronald Terchek Department of Government and Politics Professor Vladimir Tismaneanu Department of Government and Politics At first glance, the very idea of liberal nationalism appears to be an oxymoron. It is dedicated to univer...

After the fall of the Berlin Wall a common political and economic consensus emerged, not only in the West but to a considerable extent around the world. Markets and democracy, working hand in hand, would transform the world into a community of modernized, peace-loving nations. In the process, ethnic hatred, extremist fundamentalism, and other “backward” aspects of underdevelopment would be swep...