Nationalism and Rationality

Nationalism and Rationality

Recent years have witnessed a virtual epidemic of nationalist violence in the world. In 1994, for example, eighteen of the twenty-three wars being fought were based on nationalist or ethnic challenges to states. About three quarters of the worlds refugees were ?eeing from, or were displaced by, ethn...

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Main Author: Michael Hechter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2015-08-01
Series:Journal of World-Systems Research
Online Access:http://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jwsr/article/view/226
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spelling doaj-464d0df565524830be1c5fc19a5d5c892020-11-25T00:02:30ZengUniversity Library System, University of PittsburghJournal of World-Systems Research1076-156X2015-08-016230832910.5195/jwsr.2000.226220Nationalism and RationalityMichael Hechter0Arizona State UniversityRecent years have witnessed a virtual epidemic of nationalist violence in the world. In 1994, for example, eighteen of the twenty-three wars being fought were based on nationalist or ethnic challenges to states. About three quarters of the worlds refugees were ?eeing from, or were displaced by, ethnic or nationalist con?icts. And eight of the thirteen United Nations peacekeeping operations were designed to separate the protagonists in ethnopolitical con?icts.http://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jwsr/article/view/226
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