In this thought-provoking new book, Anthony Smith analyses key debates between historians and social scientists on the role of nations and nationalism in history. In a wide-ranging analysis of the work of historians, sociologists, political scientists and others, he argues that there are three key issues which have shaped debates in this field: first, the nature and origin of nations and nationalism; second, the antiquity or modernity of nations and nationalism; and third, the role of nations and nationalism in historical, and especially recent, social change. Anthony Smith provides an incisive critique of the debate between modernists, perennialists and primordialists over the origins, development and contemporary significance of nations and nationalism. Drawing on a widerange of examples from antiquity and the medieval epoch, as well as the modern world, he develops a distinctive ethnosymbolic account of nations and nationalism.This important book by one of the world’s leading authorities on nationalism and ethnicity will be of particular interest to students and scholars in history, sociology and politics.
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A systematic examination of five western nations arguing that - despite Marx's and Weber's insistence that capitalist societies become increasingly more ordered - we now live in an era of "disorganized capitalism".
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Acknowledgements vi Preface vii 1 Introduction 1 2 The development of organized capitalism (1) 17 Germany: the 'ideal type'? 17 Sweden: from finance capital to social democracy 29 Britain: the Makler economy 42 3 The development of organized capitalism (2) 56 France: dislocation through 'economic forwardness' 56 United States: instrumentalism and progressivism 67 4 Economic change and spatial restructuring (1) 84 Britain 93 The United States 109 5 Economic change and spatial restructuring (2) 124 France 124 Germany 136 Sweden 152 6 The service class: its emergence and some consequences 161 The American service class 163 The service class in Europe 178 7 Industry, finance, politics: modes of disorganization 196 Industrial changes 196 Banks and finance 201 Political changes 209 8 The changing structure of trade-unionism: the end of neo-corporatism? 232 Sweden: the crisis of central bargaining 236 West Germany: co-determination and disorganization 253 France: labour excluded 262 Britain: capitalism's weakest link 269 9 Postmodern culture and disorganized capitalism: some conclusions 285 The social basis of the postmodernist sensibility 285 Capitalist disorganization and politics 300 Notes 314 Index 378
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780745600697
Publisert
1987-09-24
Utgiver
Vendor
Polity Press
Vekt
567 gr
Høyde
228 mm
Bredde
154 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
248

Biographical note

Scott Lash is the author of many books and has also worked within the Centre for the Study of Cultural Values at the University of Lancaster. This book is a sequel to Scott Lash and Jonathan Friedman's influential reader, Modernity and Identity, published by Blackwell in 1992.