Auteur: Michael Boss

The Middle East captured front pages worldwide for the alleged Arab Spring in 2011. Large segments of the populations of Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, and Syria took to the streets to voice their protest ag …

War and conflicts have always played a significant role in defining national identities, often with reference to events that happened centuries ago. The role of passing on collective memories of thes …

Pokaler og pomfritter i sportshallen, sammenhold og snobrød i skoven, integration og ildhu i kulturhuse landet over: I Danmark har vi en lang tradition for folkelig oplysning gennem deltagelse i friv …

Telling stories is an essential part of being human: We tell stories about ourselves to show other people who we are and where we belong. Nations have stories to tell too – ‘stories of peoplehood’ – …

Kan man v Aere liberal og national pa samme tid? Kan et multietnisk samfund fungere som nationalstat? Vil nationalstaten fortsat have en rolle at spille i en globaliseret tidsalder? Det er nogle af d …

Economists used to claim that material self-interest and the rational choices of the individual were universal factors that transcended cultural values and differences. This position has been challen …

The Nation-State in Tranformation discusses the significance of the state in a globalised economy. Focusing on Denmark and Ireland, the book analyses how small states adapt to the international marke …

The essays in this collection combine historical, cultural, and literary analyses in their treatment of aspects of exile in Irish writing. Some are ‘structuralist’ in seeing exile as a physical state …

Pokaler og pomfritter i sportshallen, sammenhold og snobrød i skoven, integration og ildhu i kulturhuse landet over: I Danmark har vi en lang tradition for folkelig oplysning gennem deltagelse i friv …

Nationalitet er noget helt særligt. Den giver ikke bare alle os med papirerne i orden visse rettigheder og pligter inden for et bestemt territorium. Den kryber ind under huden på os fra barnsben, så …