Professor of Politics, University of Buckingham. This podcast focuses on nationalism, ethnicity and
Talk at University of Oxford, Department of Sociology, April 22, 2013 Asks why white British people
Much of the course has focused on separatist or diaspora minorities, or on the states in which they
This lecture asks whether nationalism and European integration are on a collision course. It covers
In diverse societies such as Britain, should the state grant rights to groups, or only to individual
Is nationalism a secular religion, a replacement for nationalism, as Durkheim surmised? Or is it a m
Is religion in decline? What is its relationship to secularization? One argument is that modernisati
What is the relationship between local-level conflicts based around local rivalries such as family o
When do secessionists use violence and when not? How does secessionist violence differ from state-di
This lecture asks why some nations seek to break away from their parent states while others are cont
This lecture asks whether some nations are based on exclusive, 'ethnic' membership criteria while ot
This lecture looks at nations which define themselves on the basis of cultural characteristics. Thes
Why are some nations more ethnically diverse than others? How are multi-ethnic nations possible? Wha
This lecture looks at how states construct nations from the 'top down' through mass ceremony, educat
This lecture explores competing explanations for the emergence and persistence of nations. How do va
When, how and why did ethnic groups originate? What is their relationship to nations and states?
