NATIONALISM AND IDENTITY IN CROSS-NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE - GUEST EDITORS’ FOREWORD
NATIONALISM AND IDENTITY IN CROSS-NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE - GUEST EDITORS’ FOREWORD

Summary/Abstract: This issue is rooted in the Conference Nationalism and Conflict: Interdisciplinary Methodological Approaches held in Warsaw, Poland, December 10 – 15, 2012. The purpose of the Conference was to bring together scholars from different disciplines on the topic of nationalism and conflict. In multiethnic societies, nationalism often leads to ethnic tension that ranges from open domestic conflict to more subtle forms, such as prejudice and discrimination. We invited papers that examine causes and consequences of both nationalism and ethnic tensions. We sought interdisciplinary perspectives on identifying where, when, how and why such tensions emerge, including remarkable instances of absence of tension, and even ethnic cooperation. Extant research on nationalism is seriously constrained by an overwhelmingly discipline-specific approach. To overcome this shortcoming, the conference aimed to explore creative methodologies that (a) recognize elements common across disciplines and (b) allow for the unique contributions of specific disciplines, sociology and political science in particular. Both the articles and opinion pieces selected for this issue of Studia Sociologia come from, or are inspired by, this conference.

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