{"product_id":"scaling-identities-9781442264755","title":"Scaling Identities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis comprehensive book examines the crucial connections between national identity, territory, and scale. Providing a powerful theoretical and organizational framework, the volume identifies four ways in which scale operates dynamically in the formation and maintenance of national identity. Consolidating identities considers the strategies necessary to keep all parts within the fold through educational systems, minority policies, immigration controls, and other forms of traditional state power. Magnifying identities examines the consequences of shifting the scale up and unifying territories that have a sense of a larger, supranational identity. Connecting identities assesses how nations can bridge physical distance, water barriers, or sovereign boundaries. Fragmenting identities looks into the disintegration of national identities and those forces that have the potential to unravel a nation or block its effective formation. Nationalism and national identity remain critical flashpoints \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume impresses with its scope and its timeliness and offers the following avenues for further research. . . It offers no shortage of insight to issues of national identity and territory for scholars interested more in the politics than in the geography. * International Studies Review *\u003cbr\u003eScaling Identities, edited by two well-known experts, is a valuable contribution to the existing literature. The volume has two major strengths: First, it is theoretically sophisticated and takes seriously the neglected issues of scale and scalar-identity processes; second, it provides the reader with a set of intriguing case studies that go far beyond the typical Eurocentric national-identity narratives. Highly recommended to all those interested in nationalism and identity studies. -- Anssi Paasi, University of Oulu, Finland\u003cbr\u003eNation and state are, on the face of it, incommensurable ideas. How do they combine, culturally and politically, in the nation-state? In this innovative text, Herb and Kaplan have brought together a range of empirical and theoretical studies which, by focusing on concepts such as space, scale, and territory, cast new light on this question. -- John Breuilly, Emeritus Professor, London School of Economics\u003cbr\u003eThis clear and comprehensive textbook fills an important gap and will be very useful as a teaching tool for students of political, historical, and human geography. -- Daniele Conversi, Unviersity of the Basque Country and Ikerbasque Foundation for Science\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Scaling the Nation  \tDavid H. Kaplan and Guntram H. Herb Part I: Conceptual Issues  1: Power, Territory, and National Identity \tGuntram H. Herb 2: National Identity and Scalar Processes \tDavid H. Kaplan Part II: Consolidating Identities \t3: The Changing Context of German Nationhood \tCorey Johnson 4: Sociocultural and Territorial Aspects of Argentine Identity \tDavid Keeling 5: Construction of Postcolonial Tanzanian National Identity \tKefa M. Otiso Part III: Magnifying Identities 6: Toward a Meaningful European Identity \tAlexander B. Murphy 7: Greater Caribbean Regional Identity \tGary S. Elbow 8: Imagining the Arab Homeland and Palestine \tKaren Culcasi Part IV: Connecting Identities 9: Native American Resurgence and Scales of Identity \tSteven E. Silvern 10: The Reinstitutionalization of Island Identities in Japan \tTakashi Yamazaki 11: Chinese National Identity and Social Networks \tSusan M. Walcott Part V: Fragmenting Identities 12: Partition and National Fragmentation of Kurdistan \tCarl T. Dahlman and Sanan Moradi 13: Contested Identities in Transylvania \tGeorge W. White 14: Indian Diasporas and the Creation of Subnational Identities \tPablo Bose Afterword: Transcending Scale? \tJouni Häkli Index About the Contributors","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039980355927,"sku":"9781442264755","price":85.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442264755.jpg?v=1750945422","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/scaling-identities-9781442264755","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}