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Book SynopsisFar from being an inevitably aggressive and destructive force, nationalism is, for Ernst B. Haas, the primary means of bringing coherence to modernizing societies.
Trade Review"The Dismal Fate of New Nations is an interesting addition to the literature on nations and nationalism."-Umut Ozkirimli, Millennium: Journal of International Studies "This grand work in comparative sociology offers a systematic comparison of nationalism's modernizing effect on both new and older nations. Further, it presents a normative evaluation of possible futures that advocates Liberalism as a process and presents continuing growth in knowledge and reason as the most desirable outcome. The breadth of Ernst Haas' scholarship, the scope of his analytic skills and the depth of his humanism are awesome."-Stanley Hoffmann, Buttenwieser University Professor, Harvard University "It is impossible to read this book without thinking of Max Weber. Haas dares tackle a major and misunderstood issue-nationalism-by contrasting the recent experiences of eight non-Western societies with the earlier ones of Europe and America. And he does so with formidable erudition, an acute sensitivity to differences in religion and culture, and a rare sense of objectivity."-Philippe C. Schmitter, European University Institute
