Nationalism is the political doctrine which holds that humanity can be divided into separate, discrete units—nations—and that each nation should constitute a separate political unit—a *state. The claim to nationhood usually invokes...

Nationalism is the belief that each nation has both the right and the duty to constitute itself as a state. There are many difficulties in specifying what a nation is—in Europe, for example, the candidates range from the Welsh and the Basques to...

Nationalism, which is in essence pride in the nation and resentment against those perceived as attacking or harming its interests, has exercised a crucial influence in Chinese politics since the beginning of the twentieth century. On the whole, Chinese...

Nationalism is the political belief that some group of people represents a natural community which should live under one political system, be independent of others and, often, has the right to demand an equal standing in the world order with others....

Nationalism is a term that refers to a doctrine[1] or political movement[2] that holds that a nation—usually defined in terms of ethnicity or culture—has the right to constitute an independent or autonomous political community based on a shared...

The nation honored Gerald R. Ford on Tuesday in a high-powered fanfare for the common man who was summoned to the presidency in the Watergate crisis. He was remembered for what he didn't have _ pretensions, a scheming agenda, a great golf game _ as...

The major bump up for Rivera comes right when Eliot Spitzer is about to (what's Hillary's phrase for this kind of thing?) drop the hammer on health care spending in New York, and, presumably, look for more federal aid to offset some of the costs....

The black holes that dot the sun-baked mountainsides of this California desert worry J.T. Reynolds, superintendent of Death Valley National Park. Reynolds worries that tourists will tumble down the decrepit shafts or vanish into the rocky tunnels that abound in...

For the U.S. to gain the upper hand in innovation, the government needs to partner with free enterprise. That's a key premise of tech expert John Kao's forthcoming book, "Innovation Nation." Kao doesn't advocate a bureaucratic boondoggle, with the government ineptly "managing" innovation. He envisions...

The rise of nationalism towards the end of the middle ages was caused by many factors including the loss of ecclesiastical power through the development of strong independent monarchies, the growth of trade, creation of literature in the vernacular, and perhaps most importantly, the development of the rule of law.

Nationalism had a large impact on the nations of nineteenth-century Europe and consequently the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and the start of World War I. Events such as the 1878 Congress of Berlin, the Bosnian Crisis, and the Balkan Wars all were related to nationalistic tendencies, and Serbian nationalism also played a fundamental role in Ferdinand's assassination.

An explanation of the issues Canada faced during the time period 1878-1896 and the debates of that time over which path the country should take. These debates considered three major political/economic paths: nationalism, in which Canada would be transformed into a primarily self-reliant nation; continentalism, in which Canada would pursue closer relations with the United States; or imperalism, in which Canada would maintain a closer, more influential connection with the British Empire.