This edited collection explores the continuing appeal of nationalism around the world. The
authors' ground-breaking research demonstrates the ways in which national priorities and …

Abstract In 1995, Banal Nationalism set a new way to study nationhood. Away from the
traditional concern with its historical origins ('when') and its substantialist features ('what') …

This article introduces various strands of neoinstitutionalism, with the focus on sociological
institutionalism, particularly 'Stanford School'sociological institutionalism and discursive …

The Synchronization of National Policies shows how it is possible that there is remarkable
uniformity in the policies that the nation-states adopt, although there is no world government …

Notions of social change are often divided into local versus international. But what actually
happens at the national level—where policies are ultimately made and implemented—when …

We review world society research that theorises differences rather than similarities in
diffusion into local settings. Six characteristics of global diffusion processes, most of which …

The introduction puts the work of Billig's Banal Nationalism into context. It briefly traces its
origins and discusses its key argument: nationalism is a dominant discursive register …

At one level, it makes a lot of sense to discuss social media and the cultural and creative
industries (CCIs) together. The creative industries policy discourse emerged in the late …

To fulfil their role, non-profit organizations (NPOs) need sufficient capacities. These include,
first and foremost, financial capacity. EU Cohesion Policy commands financial resources of …

The article analyses how the implementation of early childhood education plans in Finland
is linked with international trends and what happens in the process through which such …