Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-240) and index.
1. Introduction: Globalization and the Crisis of National Identities / Paul Kennedy -- Pt. I. Globalization: Crisis and Threat -- 2. Russia in Search of Itself / Catherine J. Danks -- 3. Identity and Conflict in Globalizing Times: Experiencing the Global in Areas Ravaged by Conflict and the Case of the Bosnian Serbs / Ioannis Armakolas -- 4. Identity in the Former GDR: Expressions of 'Ostalgia' and 'Ossi' Pride in United Germany / Patricia Hogwood -- 5. 'You and Me Against the World': Christian Fundamentalists and White Poverty in the USA / Julie F. Scott -- Pt. II. Globalization: Opportunity and Creative Adaptation -- 6. Glocal Culture in the Thai Media: the Occidental 'Other' in TV Advertisements / Asawin Nedpogaeo -- 7. Globalization, Identity and 'Ireland' / G. Honor Fagan -- 8. Civil-Military Relations and Professional Military Identities After the Nation-State / Glen Segell -- 9. On the Construction of Political Identity: Negotiations and Strategies Beyond the Nation-State / Darren J. O'Byrne -- Pt. III. Globalization: The Challenge of an Uncertain Future -- 10. The Immigration of Foreign Workers: a Mirror of Israel's Changing Identity / William Berthomiere -- 11. Identities, Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa: Some International Concerns / Elizabeth Stanley -- 12. Globalization and National Identity Rituals in Brazil and the USA: the Politics of Pleasure Versus the Politics of Protest / Lauren Langman -- 13. Globalization and Alternative Approaches to the Transformation of Nation-States: Scotland as a Test Case / John W. Books.
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Based on up-to-date research, this volume explores the key issues faced by nations and citizens as they struggle to rediscover, reaffirm or reconstruct their sense of national identities in the face of globalising forces.