Extreme politics : nationalism, violence, and the end of Eastern Europe /

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Author / Creator:King, Charles, 1967-
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Description:1 online resource (viii, 243 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11282544
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ISBN:9780199708246
019970824X
9780195370379
0195370376
9780195370386
0195370384
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-233) and index.
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Summary:Why do some violent conflicts endure across the centuries, while others become dimly remembered ancient struggles among forgotten peoples? Is nationalism really the powerful force that it appeared to be in the 1990s? In this wide-ranging and readable set of essays, Charles King examines the conceptual intersection of nationalist ideology, social violence, and the political transformation of Europe and Eurasia over the last two decades. The end of communism seemed to usher in a period of radical change-an era of "extreme politics" that pitted nations, ethnic groups, and violent entrep.
Other form:Print version : King, Charles, 1967- Extreme politics. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010 9780195370379
Standard no.:9786612367502