Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-305) and index.
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Contents
Shadows of modernity -- Theoretical Explorations -- Compromise and closure: a theory of social dynamics -- The making of modern communities -- State Building and Ethnic Conflict -- Who owns the state? Ethnic conflicts after the end of empires -- Nationalism and ethnic mobilisation in Mexico -- From empire to ethnocracy -- Iraq since the Ottomans -- The Politics of Exclusion in Nationalised States -- Racism and xenophobia Nationalising multi-ethnic Switzerland.
Summary
Wimmer argues that modern societies are not as inclusive as is often suggested. Equality and participation are reserved for members of the one ethnic or national group with a privileged relation to the state. Historical case studies show how this leads to nationalist exclusion and ethnic conflict.