Nationalist Exclusion and Ethnic Conflict

Going beyond the debate on whether nationalism and ethnicity are modern or ancient phenomena, Wimmer shows that nationalist and ethnic politics are not only by-... » 

Going beyond the debate on whether nationalism and ethnicity are modern or ancient phenomena, Wimmer shows that nationalist and ethnic politics are not only by-products of modern state formation, but they provide the basis for modernity itself. He includes studies of Mexico, Iraq and Switzerland. «