Nationalism and violence

In this volume, leading scholars from the humanities and social sciences focus on the links between nationalism and violence. Dandeker suggests that it is intrastate ethnic and national conflict - not classic interstate warfare - that will shape the global landscape of the future. Moreover, Dandeker warns that although supranational political and economic institutions such as those of the European Union (EU) may fend off interstate war, regional struggles over investment and employment opportunities will undoubtedly increase subnational conflict. The authors also suggest conditions under which some kind of unified national identity can be constructed. In fact, the implications for the future of national citizenship in the most ethnically complex, advanced industrial society - the United States - provide a major vehicle for this analysis. Finally, the book focuses on the wars connected with the disintegration of the republic of the former Yugoslavia and asks the key question: what are the circumstances in which warring national groups can construct a framework of peaceful cooperation amidst issues of rights of national minorities and the concept of shared sovereignty amongst the international community?