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Ideas in Conflict: the Nationalism literature and the comparative study of civil war / Kissane, Bill; Sitter, Nick

Kissane, Bill	Journal Article
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2013.

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The comparative study of civil war has recently gone through a "structural turn," towards large-n quantitative studies that explain the variation in the incidence of civil wars in terms of structural factors. The alternatives have been a return to case studies and a constructivist critique that emphasizes the role of ideas in conflict. While there is no a priori reason to reconcile these approaches, it remains a practical task for those who want to understand how a given social situation escalates into civil war. After reviewing the two poles in the debate, we mine the literature on nationalism for insights into this issue.

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Nationalism ; Conflict ; Ideas ; Structural turn ; Constructivist approach ; Civil War

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Marriage of state and nation in European constitutions / Kissane, Bill; Sitter, Nick

Kissane, Bill	Journal Article
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2010.

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This article maps out the role played by national identity in modern European constitutions. It does this by comparing its impact on constitutions across Gellner's time zones of European nationalism, and shows how the impact of nationalism has increased gradually over time, and is now strongest in Central and Eastern Europe. It concludes with a reflection on why this has been the case, and why constitutional politics have increasingly lent themselves to nationalist influences in the modern era.

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Nationalism ; National Identity ; Constitutionalism ; Marriage ; European Constitutions ; Gellner ;
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National identity and constitutionalism in Europe: introduction / Kissane, Bill; Sitter, Nick

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2010.

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European Union ; EU ; Europe ; National Identity ; Constitutionalism

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