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"This book explores the relationship between globalization, security and religious nationalism in India. It argues that globalization has made individuals and groups more ontologically insecure and existentially uncertain - an uncertainty many people try to reduce by searching for new secure self-identities. In this war of emotions, paramount figures are seeking to rally people around simple, rather than complex, causes. Religion and nationalism are two such causes that are more likely than other identity constructions to provide answers to those in need, due to their ability to convey a picture of security, inclusion, stability and simple answers."--Jacket

For many commentators, global civil society is revolutionising our approach to global politics, as new non-state-based and border-free expressions of political community challenge territorial sovereignty as the exclusive basis for political community and identity. This challenge 'from below' to the nation-state system is increasingly seen as promising nothing less than a reconstruction, or a re-imagination, of world politics itself. Whether in terms of the democratisation of the institutions of global governance, the spread of human rights across the world, or the emergence of a global citizen.

This book focuses on the resolution of self-determined conflicts, in which self-defined population groups fight to determine their own destiny within the boundaries of existing states.

Chapter Introduction -- Environments and contexts in political socialization -- part Part I Global change, conflict, and political learning -- chapter 1 Conflict, citizenship, and global change -- chapter 2 Agents of political socialization in a changing world -- chapter 3 The texture of socializing environments under conflict -- chapter 4 The role of socialization agents under conflict -- part PART II Political learning in Israel: a deeply divided society -- chapter 5 Israel: a deeply divided society -- chapter 6 Attempts at bridging the gaps -- chapter 7 Citizenship orientations of Israeli youngsters -- chapter 8 Political learning and citizenship education in a world of conflict and change.

The central objective of this book is to analyze the characteristics of the social contexts and environments in conflict situations, and the impact that these socializing environments may have on the political learning and emerging citizenship orientations of youngsters. Special attention is given to the socializing environments of Palestinian and Israeli youngsters, drawing on material recently collected in Israel. Ichilov's incisive research uses a multilevel and interdisciplinary approach to argue that political learning is structured within social environments and that there are fun.

Political Loyalty and the Nation-State examines the gradual weakening of the state's ability to order the political allegiances of its subjects. At the focal centre of the book lies the question of the extent to which it is possible to invest political principles, such as the rules and procedures of democracy, with a sentiment of loyalty and whether political loyalty can become merely a matter of choice and personal responsibility. The authors consider theoretical issues, problems of loyalty arising from population movement and case studies of conflicts of loyalty from Italy, Northern.