@article{847527,
      recid = {847527},
      author = {Wimmer, Andreas.},
      title = {Waves of war nationalism, state formation, and ethnic  exclusion in the modern world / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Cambridge University Press,},
      address = {Cambridge [England] ;},
      pages = {xi, 328 p. :},
      year = {2013},
      abstract = {"Why did the nation-state emerge and proliferate across  the globe? How is this process related to the wars fought  in the modern era? This book offers a new perspective on  these issues. Analyzing datasets that cover the entire  world over long stretches of time, Andreas Wimmer shows  that political power and legitimacy are central to our  understanding of nation building, ethnic politics and the  violent conflicts associated with both. He argues that  shifting from dynastic or imperial legitimacy to rule in  the name of a nationally defined people was both the  consequence and the cause of wars between and within  states. Once the 'like over like' principle was  established, the ethno-political inequality that  characterized nation-states with weak institutional  capacity led to further ethnic conflict. Waves of War  demonstrates why nationalism and ethnic politics are  crucial for a proper understanding of world and domestic  politics over the past 200 years"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/847527},
}