The Sociology of Nationalism

by David McCrone

In recent years nationalism has emerged as a dominant issue of our time. This is a balanced account of the key points of a subject which is too often obscured by polemic.

Genres: Sociology

220 pages, Paperback

First published August 20, 1998

About the author

David McCrone is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and a Fellow of the British Academy. He co-founded the university’s Institute of Governance in 1999, and has written extensively on the sociology and politics of Scotland, and the comparative study of nationalism.

Reviews

[Vik]

A scholarly example of how academic discourse on nationalism should be done.