Chinese religiosities : afflictions of modernity and state formation by Yang, Mayfair Mei-hui

Table of Contents: “…Goddess across the Taiwan Strait : matrifocal ritual space, nation-state, and satellite television footprints / Mayfair Mei-hui Yang.…”
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Human rights and business : a policy-oriented perspective by Wallace, Denise

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Renaissance of Takefu : How People and the Local Past Changed the Civic Life of a Regional Japanese Town. by Witteveen, Guven Peter

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Rethinking Europe. by Rumford, Chris

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Archaeology and modernity by Thomas, Julian

Table of Contents: “…The emergence of modernity and the constitution of archaeology -- Archaeology and the tensions of modernity -- The tyranny of method -- History and nature -- Nation-states -- Humanism and 'the individual' -- Depths and surfaces -- Mind, perception and knowledge -- Materialities -- Toward a counter-modern archaeology; difference, ethics, dialogue, finitude.…”
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The rights of others : aliens, residents and citizens by Benhabib, Seyla

Table of Contents: “…On hospitality : rereading Kant's cosmopolitan right -- "The right to have rights" : Hannah Arendt on the contradictions of the nation-state -- The law of peoples, distributive justice, and migrations -- Transformations of citizenship : the European Union -- Democratic iterations : the local, the national, and the global -- Conclusion : Cosmopolitan federalism.…”
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Binding violence : literary visions of political origins by Fradinger, Moira

Table of Contents: “…Sophocles's Antigone or the invention of politics : we the city -- D.A.F. de Sade's One hundred and twenty days of Sodom or the re-invention of politics : we the people -- Mario Vargas Llosa's The feast of the goat or sovereign politics : we the nation-state.…”
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Extraordinary racial politics : four events in the informal Constitution of the United States by Lee, Fred, 1979-

Table of Contents: “…An introduction into extraordinary racial politics -- Racial re-foundations and the rise of the nation-state -- Racial removal contracts and the nomos of the new world -- Racial states of exception and the decision on enmity -- Racial counter-publics and the power of judgment -- A reaffirmation of extraordinary racial politics.…”
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The creation of a federal partnership : the role of the states in affordable housing by Brassil, Margaret M., 1959-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The devolution of affordable housing policy and the evolution of a federal-state housing partnership -- State housing agencies: the link between state and nation -- State housing agencies in Maryland, Minnesota, and Texas -- State housing agencies: policies and programs -- Comparisons -- Conclusions.…”
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Do Not Provoke Providence : Orthodoxy in the Grip of Nationalism. by Salmon, Yosef

Table of Contents: “…From support to uncertainty in the era of Hovevei Ziyyon -- part four. The national state and society : transforming religious values into national values -- part five. …”
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Conflict and politics of identity in Sudan by Idris, Amir H., 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Reconceptualizing history, identity, and conflict -- Slavery, colonialism, and state formation in the Sudan -- Nationalism, state, and identity politics -- Exile, identity, and political reform -- The crisis in Darfur and the North-South peace process -- Beyond "race" and "ethnicity" : toward a transformative discourse for democratic citizenship.…”
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The Palgrave concise historical atlas of central Asia by Abazov, Rafis

Table of Contents: “…. -- The Mongols and the decline of central Asia -- The era of colonialism and nation-state building -- Post-communism and independence.…”
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Competing sovereignties by Joyce, Richard John, 1978-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the crisis of modern sovereignty -- Modern sovereignty and the nation state : a failure of grounds -- Autopositioning : the groundless ground of modern sovereignty -- The constitutive function of relation -- The relation of sovereigns at the national and international levels : India and the WTO -- The relation of sovereigns at the international, national and local levels.…”
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The DREAMers : how the undocumented youth movement transformed the immigrant rights debate by Nicholls, Walter

Table of Contents: “…The voice and power of undocumented youths, an unlikely story -- Finding political openings in a hostile country -- The birth of the DREAMer -- Taking a stand -- Rebirth from the grassroots up -- Undocumented, unafraid, unapologetic -- DREAMers and the immigrant rights movement -- Dreaming through the nation-state.…”
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Louis Riel and the creation of modern Canada : mythic discourse and the postcolonial state by Reid, Jennifer, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…1: Setting the Stage: The North-West to 1885 -- 2: Canadian Myths and Canadian Identity -- 3: Nation-States and National Discourses -- 4: Violence and State Creation -- 5: Revolution, Identity, and Canada -- 6: Riel and the Canadian State -- 7: Heterogeneity and the Postcolonial State.…”
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The DREAMers : how the undocumented youth movement transformed the immigrant rights debate by Nicholls, Walter

Table of Contents: “…The voice and power of undocumented youths, an unlikely story -- Finding political openings in a hostile country -- The birth of the DREAMer -- Taking a stand -- Rebirth from the grassroots up -- Undocumented, unafraid, unapologetic -- DREAMers and the immigrant rights movement -- Dreaming through the nation-state.…”
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National Questions by Motyl, Alexander

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Preface -- 1 The Modernity of Nationalism. Nations, States and, Nation-States in the Contemporary World -- 2 Liberalism, Nationalism, and National Liberation Struggles -- 3 Inventing Invention. …”
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Might, right, prosperity and consent : Representative democracy and the international economy 1919-2001. by Thompson, Helen, 1966 June 13-

Table of Contents: “…9780719077500; 9780719077500; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 The modern democratic nation-state; 2 The crises of the inter-war years; 3 The Bretton Woods rescue; 4 Crises and non-crises: financial liberalisation and the end of the Cold War; 5 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Might, right, prosperity and consent : Representative democracy and the international economy 1919-2001. by Thompson, Helen, 1966 June 13-

Table of Contents: “…9780719077500; 9780719077500; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 The modern democratic nation-state; 2 The crises of the inter-war years; 3 The Bretton Woods rescue; 4 Crises and non-crises: financial liberalisation and the end of the Cold War; 5 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Mainland passage : the cultural anomaly of Puerto Rico by Soto-Crespo, Ramón E.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: neither colony nor nation -- State and artifice: Edgardo Rodríguez Juliá and Puerto Rican painting -- The mainland passage: Luis Muñoz Marín's borderland state -- Escaping colonialism: how to do things with American imperialism -- Out of the mainland: Nuyorican poetry and Boricua politics.…”
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Straight power concepts in the Middle East : US foreign policy, Israel and world history by Harms, Gregory

Table of Contents: “…From empire to nation-state: the genesis of modernity's 500 years -- The rise of American power: from Columbus to the Cold War -- The modern Middle East and Israel: the special relationship from Truman to Reagan -- The peace process: anatomy of an injustice -- The Israel lobby: anatomy of a controversy.…”
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Mainland passage : the cultural anomaly of Puerto Rico by Soto-Crespo, Ramón E.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: neither colony nor nation -- State and artifice: Edgardo Rodríguez Juliá and Puerto Rican painting -- The mainland passage: Luis Muñoz Marín's borderland state -- Escaping colonialism: how to do things with American imperialism -- Out of the mainland: Nuyorican poetry and Boricua politics.…”
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Postmodernity and the fragmentation of welfare

Table of Contents: “…Citizenship amid the fragmented nation state.…”
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Belarus : a perpetual borderland by Savchenko, Andrew

Table of Contents: “…Ex Oriente Lux: the Belarusian National State and the Soviet Union; Chapter Three. Borderland Forever: Modern Belarus; Conclusion. …”
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Thinking globally : a global studies reader

Table of Contents: “…The Erosion of the Nation-State; "The Cartographic Illusion"; "The Westfailure System"; "After the Nation-State-What?"…”
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Indigenous Nations and the Modern State. by Ryser, Rudolph C.

Table of Contents: “…5 The Laboratory of Internal Political ChangeRealigning Global Relations; Options for Fourth World Nations' Political Status; What do the Political Status Forms Mean?; Independent Nation-State; Integrated Nation; Autonomous Nation; Last Thoughts; 6 The Laboratory of External Political Change; Associated Nation; Independently Federated Nation; Independent Nation-State; Last Thoughts; 7 Fourth World Wars in the Shadows; Methods for Studying Fourth World Wars; What Are the Roots of War Among Fourth World Nations?…”
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Thinking globally : a global studies reader

Table of Contents: “…The Erosion of the Nation-State; "The Cartographic Illusion"; "The Westfailure System"; "After the Nation-State-What?"…”
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Alan S. Milward and a Century of European Change. by Guirao, Fernando

Table of Contents: “…Lynch and Fernando Guirao; 1. Nation-states, Markets, Hegemons: Alan Milward's Reconstruction of the European Economy: Charles S. …”
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Leviathan undone? : towards a political economy of scale

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Monarchy. Season 1, Episode 2, Aengla Land

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Other histories

Table of Contents: “…History and the people without Europe / John Davis -- Making history in southern Italy / Thomas Hauschild -- The gods of the Gentiles are demons : the problem of pagan survivals in European culture / João de Pina-Cabral -- Segmentation and politics in the European nation-state : making sense of political events / Michael Herzfeld -- Dual histories : a Mediterranean problem / Anne Knudsen -- Uchronia and the two histories of Iceland, 1400-1800 / Kirsten Hastrup -- Reflections on 'making history' / Anton Blok.…”
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Transnational Transformations of Governance : the European Union and Beyond. by Zeitlin, Jonathan

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Competitive archaeology in Jordan : narrating identity from the Ottomans to the Hashemites by Corbett, Elena Dodge

Table of Contents: “…Archaeology is politics : the meaning of archaeological heritage in Jordan -- Holy Land core and periphery -- Antiquity and modernity in southeastern Bilad al-Sham -- British mandate : core, periphery, and ownership of narrative -- Antiquities of a Hashemite state in mandatory space -- Antiquity, pan-national, and nation-state narratives in the expanded Hashemite Kingdom -- Return to the core.…”
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Yes, Comrade. by Rui, Manuel

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Liberating temporariness? : migration, work, and citizenship in an age of insecurity

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Is Quebec nationalism just? : perspectives from Anglophone Canada

Table of Contents: “…Ajzenstat -- The ideology of shared values: a myopic vision of unity in the multi-nation state / W. Norman -- Quebec: the morality of secession / H. …”
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Muslims in India Since 1947 : Islamic Perspectives on Inter-Faith Relations. by Sikand, Yoginder

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Yes, Comrade. by Rui, Manuel

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Woman, Body, Desire in Post-Colonial India : Narratives of Gender and Sexuality. by Puri, Jyoti

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Fictions of Identity; Sex, Sexuality, and the Nation-State; Docile and Disruptive Narratives on Menarche and Menstruation; Tensions of Sexual Respectability Accounts of Sexual Aggression; Negotiating the Norm Speaking of Heterosexual Desire; Rethinking the Requirements Of Marriage and Motherhood; Hybrid and Hyphenated Reading Queer Narratives; Conclusion Considering New Courses or Stoking Fire; Notes; Index.…”
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Turkey : modern architectures in history by Bozdoğan, Sibel

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Architecture of revolution -- Building for the modern nation state -- The modern house -- Populist democracy and post-war modernism -- Housing in the metropolis -- Architecture under coups d'etat -- Postmodern landscapes in post-Kemalist Turkey -- The illegal city and new residential segregation -- The 'young Turk architects' of globalization.…”
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