National identity and constitutions in modern Europe: into the fifth zone

Bill Kissane, Nick Sitter

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Abstract (may include machine translation)

This chapter maps out the role played by national identity in modern European constitutions. It does this by comparing its impact on constitutions across Gellner’s four time zones of European nationalism, and shows how the impact of nationalism has increased over time. Time and space are the fundamental variables behind Gellner’s time zones, but European integration and globalization have now created a fifth zone, in which nationalist constitutionalism affects all parts of Europe equally.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComparative Constitution Making
PublisherEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
Pages408-426
Number of pages19
ISBN (Electronic)9781785365263
ISBN (Print)9781785365256
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2019

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