Malesevic shows how the recent escalation of populist nationalism is not an anomaly, but the result of globalisation and nationalism developing together through modern history.

Siniša Maleševi¿ is Professor of Sociology at the University College Dublin. He is also an elected member of the Royal Irish Academy and Academia Europae. His recent books include, as author, The Rise of Organised Brutality: A Historical Sociology of Violence (Cambridge, 2017) and as editor, Nationalism and War (Cambridge, 2013). His publications have been translated into eleven languages.

1. Making sense of nationhood; 2. Grounded nationalisms and the sociology of the long run; 3. Empires and nation-states; 4. Nationalisms and imperialisms; 5. What makes a small nation?; 6. Nationalisms and statehood in Ireland; 7. Nationalisms and wars in the Balkans; 8. Balkan piedmont?; 9. From sacrifice to prestige; 10. Globalisation and nationalist subjectivities; 11. Grounded nationalisms and the privatisation of security; Conclusion: the omnipotence of nationalisms; References; Index.