TY - BOOK ID - 110553782 TI - The symbolic state PY - 2021 SN - 0228008050 0228009200 0228009219 9780228008057 9780228008064 0228008069 9780228009207 9780228009214 PB - Montreal Kingston London Chicago DB - UniCat KW - États multinationaux KW - Nationalisme KW - Sécession KW - Nation KW - Espagne KW - Yougoslavie KW - Croatie KW - Tchécoslovaquie KW - Canada KW - Comparative government. KW - Multinational states. KW - Nationalism. KW - Secession. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intergovernmental Organizations. KW - Sovereignty KW - Separatist movements KW - Consciousness, National KW - Identity, National KW - National consciousness KW - National identity KW - International relations KW - Patriotism KW - Political science KW - Autonomy and independence movements KW - Internationalism KW - Political messianism KW - State, The KW - Comparative political systems KW - Comparative politics KW - Government, Comparative KW - Political systems, Comparative UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:110553782 AB - Through a synoptic historical sweep of Canada, Spain, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia, The Symbolic State shows us that institutions may be more important for what they mean than for what they do. This book is timely in an era when the power of symbols - Brexit, the Donald Trump presidency, the Black Lives Matter movement - is shaping global politics. ER -