Dr. Daniele Conversi

Senior Lecturer
European Policy  Research Centre
Department of Policy Studies
Brayford Pool
University of Lincoln
Lincoln  LN6 7TS       UK
  E-Mail: conversi[at]easynet.co.uk

BOOKS and MONOGRAPHS

-  Ethnonationalism in the Contemporary World: Walker Connor and the Study of Nationalism.London: Routledge,  2002 [Paperback edition, 2004].  Edited by Daniele Conversi.
Contributions by: Walker Connor, Anthony D Smith, Joshua A. Fishman, John Edwards, William Douglass, Thomas Spira, Robert J. Kaiser, William Safran, John Stone, John Coakley, Donald L. Horowitz, Daniele Conversi and Brendan O'Leary.

- The Basques, the Catalans, and Spain: Alternative Routes to Nationalist Mobilization. London: Hurst, 1997 [American paperback edition published by University of Nevada Press, Reno, 2000]

- Translated in Catalan as: Els bascos, els catalans i Espanya. Entre la modernitat i la violència. Lleida: Pagès Editors, 2004

- German -Bashing and the Breakup of Yugoslavia, ("The Donald W. Treadgold Papers in Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies, nº 16, March 1998). University of Washington: HMJ School of International Studies (82 pp.)

-  La desintegració de Iugoslàvia. Barcelona/  Catarroja: Editorial Afers-El Contemporani,  2000 , 212 pp. (in Catalan) [ISBN 84-86574-87-0]
 

• 'Democracy, nationalism and culture. The limits of liberal mono-culturalism', Sociology Compass, January 2008, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 1-27 (doi: 10.1111/j.1751-9020.2007.00063.x).  - Reprinted in Kate Nash and Alan Scott (eds), Political Sociology. Oxford: Blackwell, Vol. 1 (2007), pp. 1-30
• 'Homogenisation, nationalism and war: Should we still read Ernest Gellner?', Nations and Nationalism, Vol. 13, no. 3, 2007, pp. 371-394
• ''We are all equals!' Militarism, homogenization and 'egalitarianism' in nationalist state-building (1789-1945)', Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 31, no 2, 2008
• 'Reconsidering the breakup of Yugoslavia: The international relations of central secession', Nationalities Papers, vol. 35, no. 5, November 2007, pp. 961-967 (review article)
•   'Demo-skepticism and genocide', Political Science Review, Vol 4, issue 3,  September 2006, pp. 247-262  [the definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com]
• 'Asymmetric federalism: Spain, Italy and beyond', Ethnopolitics, March 2007, vol. 6, no.1, pp. 121?124  (contribution to a debate)
• (with Eric Kaufmann) 'Ethnic and Nationalist Mobilization', in J. Tournon and A. Guelke (eds.), EthnicGroups and Politics: Recent Analytical Developments (Berlin: VS-Verlag, forthcoming, 2007, special volume for the International Political Studies Associationís (IPSA) Research Committee on Politics and Ethnicity (RC14).
• 'Mapping the field: Theories of nationalism and the ethnosymbolic approach', in Athena S. Leoussi and Steven Grosby (eds), Nationalism and Ethnosymbolism: History, Culture and Ethnicity in the Formation of Nations. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2006 [download chapter 1]
•    'Genocide, ethnic cleansing, and nationalism', in Gerard Delanty and Krishan Kumar (eds) Handbook of Nations and Nationalism. London: Sage Publications, 2006 (vol. 1) pp. 319-333,  [ISBN: 1412901014]  [DOWNLOAD]
•  'Germany and the recognition of Slovenia and Croatia', in Brad K. Blitz (ed.) War and Change in the Balkans. Nationalism, Conflict and Cooperation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006   [Paperback : ISBN-13: 9780521677738 | ISBN-10: 0521677734]
• Translated in Slovenian as 'Borba za priznanje samostojnosti', Teorija in praksa (Theory and Practice), vol. 41, No.3-4, July 2004, pp. 712-738
• 'Why do peace processes collapse? The Basque conflict and the three 'spoilers' perspective', in Edward Newman and Oliver Richmond (eds.). Challenges to Peacebuilding: Managing Spoilers During Conflict Resolution. Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 2006, , pp. 173-199  [Download  Edward Newman and Oliver Richmond's Introduction here: 'Obstacles to peace processes: Understanding spoiling' ]
• 'Ethnic conflicts', in Don MacIver (ed.) Political Issues in the World Today, Manchester: Manchester University Press (Politics Today Series), 2005 [ISBN: 0719067057]
•   'Can Nationalism Studies and Ethnic/Racial Studies be brought together?', Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS), Vol. 30, no. 3, May 2004, pp. 815-829 (contribution to a debate)  [DOWNLOAD]
• 'The dissolution of Yugoslavia: Secession by the centre?', in John Coakley (ed.) The Territorial Management of Ethnic Conflicts. London: Frank Cass, 2003  [DOWNLOAD]
• 'Ethnoradicalism as a mirror image of state centralization: The Basque paradigm in Franco's Spain' ,in Farimah Daftary and Stefan Troebst (eds) Radical Ethnic Movements in Contemporary Europe, Oxford: Berghahn, 2003, pp. 57-70. [ISBN: 157181695X]
• 'The smooth transition: Spain's 1978 Constitution and the nationalities question', National Identities, Special issue on 'Peripheral Identities in Iberia', vol. 4, no 3, November 2002, pp. 223-244  [DOWNLOAD]
• 'Conceptualizing nationalism', in Daniele Conversi (ed.) Ethnonationalism in the Contemporary World. London: Routledge, 2002, pp. 1-23 [DOWNLOAD]
• 'Resisting Primordialism (and other -isms)', in Daniele Conversi (ed.) Ethnonationalism in the Contemporary World. London: Routledge, 2002, pp. 269-290 [DOWNLOAD]
• 'Post-communist societies between ethnicity and globalization', Journal of Southern Europe & the Balkans , vol 3, n. 2, 2001, pp. 193-196 (review article)
•   'Central Secession: Towards a new analytical concept? The case of former Yugoslavia', Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 26, no. 2, April 2000, pp. 333-356 [ISSN 1369-183X].   [DOWNLOADABLE in pdf]        Translated in Serbo-Croat as 'Tko su bili secesionisti? Problem pogresnog identiteta u ratovima u bivsoj Jugoslaviji', in Carol Hodge and Mladen Grbin (ed.), Europa i Nacionalizam: Nacionalni identitet naspram nacionalnoj netrpeljivosti. Zagreb: Durieux, 2000, pp. 43-67 [ISBN 953-188-113-8].
• 'Autonomous Communities and ethnic settlement in Spain', in Yash Ghai (ed.) Autonomy and Ethnicity. Negotiating Competing Claims in Multi-Ethnic States Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000 [ISBN 0521 78112 4 hardback/  ISBN 0521 78642 8 paperback]
• 'From centralist dictatorship to federal democracy: the case of Spain', in Günay Göksu Özdogan and Gül Tokay (eds). Redefining the Nation, the State, and the Citizen. Istanbul: Eren/ MURCIR (Marmara University International Relations Research Center) Publications, 2000 [ISBN 975-7622-75-3]
• 'Ernest Gellner, open societies and the Central European legacy', Nations and Nationalism,  vol. 5, n. 4, 1999, pp. 565-576  (review article) [ in PDF]
• 'Nationalism, boundaries and violence', Millennium: Journal of International Studies (special issue on ìTerritorialities, Identities and Movement in International Relationsî), vol. 28, n. 3, 1999, pp. 553-584 [ISSN 0305-8298]
• 'Ideological fragmentation, cultural nationalism and state violence: Euskadi and Catalonia (1939-1968)', Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism, Vol 26, no. 1-2, 1999, pp. 37-52
• 'The Spanish federalist tradition and the 1978 Constitution', Telos, No. 112,  Summer 1998, pp. 125-144 [download]
• 'German shadows in the Balkan wilderness: International reactions to the recognition of Croatia and Slovenia', Revija za Sociologiju (Sociological Review), Zagreb: Croatian Sociological Association, no. 3-4, vol. 29, 1998, pp. 141-166 (ISSN: 0350-15X)
•   "Reassessing theories of nationalism. Nationalism as boundary maintenance and creation", Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, vol. 1, nº 1, Spring 1995, pp. 73-85.

- Reprinted in John Agnew (ed.) Political Geography: A Reader. London/ New York: Edward Arnold, 1997, pp. 325-36.
-Reprinted in John Hutchinson and Anthony D. Smith (ed.) Nationalism: Critical Concepts in Political Science. 5 vols. London/ New York: Routledge, 2000, Vol. 1. .[ISBN 0415201101]
- Reprinted in Cross, Malcolm (ed.) 2000 The Sociology Of Race And Ethnicity. Cheltenham, Glos: Edward Elgar, 3 vols. (International Library of Critical Writings in Sociology), pp. 227(13)- 240(20) [ISBN:1858985692]
- Translated in Hungarian as 'A nacionalizmuselmélet három irányzata', Regio, Summer 1998, no. 3, pp. 37-55. -- With a supplementary interview ('Beszélgetés Daniele Conversivel', pp. 56-62).
•  "Moral relativism and Equidistance: British attitudes to the war in former Yugoslavia". In Tom Cushman and Stipe Mestrovic (eds) This Time We Knew. Western responses to the war in Bosnia. New York: New York University Press, 1996
•  'European Nationalisms: Is There a Decline of The Nation State?' In Justo G. Beramendi, Ramón Máiz and Xosé M. Núñez (eds) Nationalism In Europe: Past And Present. Santiago de Compostela: Santiago de Compostela University Press, 1994 , vol. 2, pp. 363-376 [ISBN 8481211966]
•   "Violence as ethnic border. The unintended consequence of cultural assimilation in Croatian, Kurdish and Basque nationalism". In Justo G. Beramendi, Ramón Maiz and Xosé M. Nuñez (eds) Nationalism in Europe: Past and Present. Santiago de Compostela: Santiago de Compostela University Press, 1994, vol. 1, pp. 167-198
• "The influence of culture on political choices: Language maintenance and its implications for the Basque and Catalan nationalist movements", History of European Ideas, vol. 16, nº 1-3, 1993, pp. 189-200
• "Domino effect or internal developments? The influences of international events and political ideologies on Catalan and Basque nationalism", West European Politics, vol. 16, nª 3, July 1993, pp. 245-270
• "Language or race?: the choice of core values in the development of Catalan and Basque nationalisms", Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 13, nº 1, January 1990, pp. 50-70.
• "Ethnic Nationalism, Immigration and Political Violence: Notes from the Basque Case",  Ethnic and Racial Studies, nº 3, vol. 12, July 1989. pp. 401-407

REFERENCE WORKS
 

'Conflitti Etnici',  in Enciclopedia Italiana delle Scienze Sociali -Treccani, vol. 8, 2000, pp.110-124

'Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism', in Athena Leoussi and Anthony D Smith (eds) Encyclopaedia of Nationalism . Oxford: Transaction Books, 2000 [ISBN: 0-7658-0002]  [download pre-print here]

'Ernest Gellner's theory of nationalism', in Athena Leoussi and Anthony D Smith (eds) Encyclopaedia of Nationalism. Oxford: Transaction Books, 2000 [ISBN: 0-7658-0002]  [download pre-print here]

SELECTED  ARTICLES IN ITALIAN

• 'Il nuovo nazionalismo bianco', L'Indice, no. 12, December 2002, p. 35
• 'Identita' e leadership durante la transizione democratica in Spagna: Tra Federalismo e Stato delle Autonomie', in Arianna Montanari (ed.) Identita' nazionali e leadership in Europa. Roma: Jouvence, 2001
•  "Il modello federalista spagnolo", Ares, no. 2 (ns), luglio 1998
• 'Modelli comparativi nella gestione dei conflitti etnici in fase di transizione politica: i casi di Spagna ed ex-Yugoslavia', in Lara Bergnach and Antonella Pocecco (eds). L'affermazione della differenza come nuova mitologia ed il senso del dialogo. Gorizia:ISIG (Quaderni  dell'Isig) 1998, pp. 31-46.
• "L' insegnamento in Catalogna: verso una societa' bilingue ?", La Riforma della Scuola, nª 1, 1987, pp. 28-36 [translated in Rumanian as 'Bilingvismul în Catalonia' for the journal Altera (Bucharest), no. 12, 1999, special issue on 'Multiculturalism']
• "Teorie dell' etno-nazionalismo", in La Critica Sociologica , nª 81, summer 1987, pp.71-88.
• "Plurilinguismo e glottodidattica: il caso della Spagna". Proceedings of the Conference on "Lingue, nuove tecnologie ed unione europea", edited by Giuliana Mazzotti, Mantova, ottobre 1986. Milano: Marzorati, 1987, pp. 371-38O.
• "Gli studi sociolinguistici in Catalogna, dalla teoria alla prassi. Proposte per l'inclusione di una metodologia qualitativa". Annali dell' Istituto Universitario Orientale - Sezione Romanza , XXX, nª 2, 1989, pp. 473-483
• "Considerazioni sul caso catalano in una prospettiva comparata". In La Critica Sociologica , nª 88, winter 1989, pp. 42-60
• "L' integrazione degli immigrati a Barcellona". Studi Emigrazione / Etudes Migrations, nº 89, 1988, pp. 67-82.
• "Crisi della teoria sociolinguistica e studi sull' immigrazione in Catalogna", Annali dell' Istituto Universitario Orientale - Sezione Romanza , XXXIV, nº 1, 1992, pp. 543-559 (Atti del Convegno Internazionale "Ramon Lull, il lullismo internazionale e l' Italia", Napoli, 30 marzo -1 aprile 1989).

• 'Federalismo y su vuelta atrás: ¿Por qué se disintegró Yugoslavia?, in Alfons Cuco', Joan Romero and Joaquín Farinós (eds) La organización territorial del Estado, València: Universitat de València, 2002
• 'Nacionalisme, fronteres i violència', Diàlegs. Revista d'estudis polítics i socials,  Vol. 3, Núm.10, 2000, pp. 7-44 [ISSN: 1138-9850]
•  'Ernest Gellner i el multiculturalisme', L'Espill, no. 7, 2001, pp. 37-63
• 'Ernest Gellner como crítico del pensamiento social', Pasajes, no. 2, 2000, pp. 85-94 [ISSN 1575-2259]
•  'Les relacions anglosèrbies entre les dues guerres mundials', L'Avenç, n. 226, Juny 1998, pp. 6-12.
• 'Actitus politiques dels joves italians. Algunes hipòtesis sobre les arrels de la violencia poltica i les seves consequencies (1977-1987)', Estudi General, nº 7, 1988, pp. 67-71.
• 'Qüestions regionals i qüestions nacionals a Itàlia: interpretacions', Revista de Catalunya, nº 21, juliol-agost 1988, pp. 63-75
• 'La sociologia anglosaxona devant el fenomen etnonacionalitari', Revista Europa de les Nacions, n. 3

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