Globalization and Nationalism

The Cases of Georgia and the Basque Country

Natalie Sabanadze

• Publisher: Central European University Press
• Year: 2009
• Print ISBN: 9789633867006
• eBook ISBN: 9789633860069
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Modern History
• Index: Politics & International Relations

This book argues for an original, unorthodox conception about the relationship between globalization and contemporary nationalism. While the prevailing view holds that nationalism and globalization are forces of clashing opposition, Sabanadze establishes that these tend to become allied forces. It acknowledges that nationalism does react against the rising globalization and represents a form of resistance against globalizing influences, but the Basque and Georgian cases prove that globalization and nationalism can be complementary rather than contradictory tendencies.

Nationalists have often served as promoters of globalization, seeking out globalizing influences and engaging with global actors out of their very nationalist interests. In the case of both Georgia and the Basque Country, there is little evidence suggesting the existence of strong, politically organized nationalist opposition to globalization.

Globalization and Nationalism discusses why, on a broader scale, different forms of nationalism develop differing attitudes towards globalization and engage in different relationships.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Table of Contents
• CHAPTER 1 - Introduction
• 1.1 Central Arguments
• 1.2 Theoretical Underpinnings and Methodology
• 1.3 Different Approaches to Contemporary Nationalism
• CHAPTER 2 - Nationalism Resurgent: Central Paradox of the Global Era?
• 2.1 Defining Globalization
• 2.2 Defining Nationalism
• 2.3 Paradox of Nationalist Resurgence in the Era of Globalization
• 2.4 Summary: Constructing the Globalization Hypothesis
• CHAPTER 3 - The Globalization Hypothesis and Its Fallacies
• 3.1 Nationalism Resurgent
• 3.2 Old and New Nationalisms
• 3.3 The Globalization Hypothesis: An Incomplete Picture
• 3.4 Conclusion
• CHAPTER 4 - Globalization and Georgian Nationalism
• 4.1 The Beginnings: Georgian Nationalism in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries
• 4.2 The Soviet Legacy and Folklorization of Georgian Nationalism
• 4.3 Georgia’s Post-Communist Nationalism: The Three Phases
• 4.3.1 Phase A: National Fundamentalism
• 4.3.2 Phase B: National Apathy
• 4.3.3 Phase C: Competing Variants of Nationalism
• 4.4 Conclusion
• CHAPTER 5 - Globalization and Basque Nationalism
• 5.1 Sabino Arana and the Beginnings of Basque Nationalism
• 5.2 Francoism and the Diversification of Basque Nationalism
• 5.3 Transition to Democracy and Institutionalization of Nationalism
• 5.4 Contending Approaches: Modernization or Globalization
• 5.5 ETA vs. Guggenheim: Globalization and contemporary Basque nationalism
• 5.6 Conclusion
• CHAPTER 6 - Globalization and Nationalism: the Relationship Revisited
• Acknowledgments
• Bibliography
• Index