Nineteenth-Century Europe

Rapport, Michael

doi:10.1007/978-0-230-20476-8

Cited by 9 publications

(2 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The peace settlements of 1814–1815, in this context, were “ultimately directed against revolution and therefore against nationalism, which was seen to be a revolutionary force” (Gildea 1987:55). In the words of Mansfield and Snyder (1995:85), “Europe’s ruling elites decided to band together in 1815 in the Concert of Europe to contain the twin evils of nationalism and democratization” and “tried to unite in squelching demands for constitutions, electoral and social democracy, and national self‐determination.” The so‐called “conservative order” (Rapport 2005:55–158), or the Holy Alliance among the reactionary monarchs,…”

Section: Military Competition Political Survival and The Rise Of Namentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Nationalism as a revolutionary movement had failed in the first half of the nineteenth century, and when it triumphed in the second half, it was no longer revolutionary (Gildea 1987:100; Best 1982:244). In this environment, the governing elites either learned to tame the nationalist tiger in domestic politics through populist policies—as exemplified by the Bismarckian politics in Prussia (and later Germany) where the governing elites utilized nationalism as well as social welfare policies to contain revolutionary currents—or were replaced by leaders who were adept at these strategies, exemplified by Louis Napoleon’s ascent to power (Rapport 2005, 200–224).…”

Section: Military Competition Political Survival and The Rise Of Namentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Military Competition and the Emergence of Nationalism: Putting the Logic of Political Survival into Historical Context

Kadercan

2012

International Studies Review

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Kadercan, Burak. (2012) Military Competition and the Emergence of Nationalism: Putting the Logic of Political Survival into Historical Context. International Studies Review, doi: 10.1111/j.1468‐2486.2012.01135.x This essay aims to make a contribution to the conversation between IR and nationalism literatures by considering a particular question: What is the relationship between interstate military competition and the emergence of nationalism as a potent force in world politics? The conventional wisdom among international security scholars, especially neorealists, holds that nationalism can be more or less treated like a “technology” that allowed states to extract significant resources as well as manpower from their respective populations. This paper underlines some of the problems involved with this perspective and pushes forward an interpretation that is based on the logic of political survival. I argue that nationalism’s emergence as a powerful force in world politics followed from the “mutation” and absorption of the universalistic/cosmopolitan republican ideas that gained temporary primacy in Europe during the eighteenth century into particularistic nationalist ideologies. This transformation, in turn, can be best explained by the French Revolution’s dramatic impacts on rulers’ political survival calculi vis‐à‐vis both interstate and domestic political challenges. The analysis offered in this essay contributes to our understanding of the relationship between IR and nationalism while also highlighting the potential value of the political survival framework for exploring macrohistorical puzzles.

show abstract

Section: Military Competition Political Survival and The Rise Of Namentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Military Competition Political Survival and The Rise Of Namentioning

confidence: 99%

Military Competition and the Emergence of Nationalism: Putting the Logic of Political Survival into Historical Context

Kadercan

2012

International Studies Review

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Congress System

Goldsmith

2018

The Encyclopedia of Diplomacy

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Following the final conclusion of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in 1815, the leading powers sought a new mode of conducting international business to prevent a repeat of the horrors of war and revolution. The Congress System was that attempt. Based on no clear legal foundation, with each of its participants having their own definitions of its role and purpose, the Congress System lasted from the Congress of Vienna in 1815, through to the Congress of Verona in 1822. It formed the first deliberate attempt to forge a new style of international relations to prevent the domination of a single power while avoiding the confrontational aspects of the operation of the balance of power. It sought to do this through face‐to‐face meetings of the leading statesmen with the aim of removing causes of confusion and disagreement between the Great Powers.

show abstract

Austro‐PrussianWar (1866)

Wright

2018

The Encyclopedia of Diplomacy

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The Austro‐Prussian War (1866) was a seven‐week conflict fought between Prussia and Italy on the one hand, and the Austrian Empire and a number of smaller German states on the other. The Prussian and Italian governments conspired to fight a war in order to increase their territorial possessions within Germany and Italy respectively, in both cases at the expense of their mutual rival Austria. The Prussians' victories secured the exclusion of Austria from Germany, which subsequently fell under Prussian domination. Similarly, although the Italians suffered defeats on both land and sea, they secured possession of Venetia and the exclusion of Austria from Italy, by virtue of being on the winning side. The war was therefore simultaneously one of a sequence of conflicts that brought about the unification of Germany, and one of a separate sequence of wars that secured Italian independence and unity. It was also important as a factor which contributed to the tipping of the balance of power in the Continent away from Paris, towards Berlin.

show abstract

Nineteenth-Century Europe

Cited by 9 publications

References 0 publications

Military Competition and the Emergence of Nationalism: Putting the Logic of Political Survival into Historical Context

Military Competition and the Emergence of Nationalism: Putting the Logic of Political Survival into Historical Context

Congress System

Austro‐PrussianWar (1866)

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About