How the ideas that animate nationalism influence whether it causes―or calms―conflict

With nationalism on the rise around the world, many worry that nationalistic attitudes could lead to a surge in deadly conflict. To combat this trend, federations like the European Union have tried to build inclusive regional identities to overcome nationalist distrust and inspire international cooperation. Yet not all nationalisms are alike. Nationalisms in International Politics draws on insights from psychology to explore when nationalist commitments promote conflict―and when they foster cooperation.

Challenging the received wisdom about nationalism and military aggression, Kathleen Powers differentiates nationalisms built on unity from those built on equality, and explains how each of these norms give rise to distinct foreign policy attitudes. Combining innovative US experiments with fresh analyses of European mass and elite survey data, she argues that unity encourages support for external conflict and undermines regional trust and cooperation, whereas equality mitigates militarism and facilitates support for security cooperation.

Nationalisms in International Politics provides a rigorous and compelling look at how different forms of nationalism shape foreign policy attitudes, and raises important questions about whether transnational identities increase support for cooperation or undermine it.

激发民族主义的思想如何影响它是否导致或平息冲突

随着民族主义在世界各地的崛起，许多人担心民族主义态度可能导致致命冲突的激增。为了应对这一趋势，像欧盟这样的联盟试图建立包容性的区域身份，以克服民族主义的不信任并激发国际合作。然而，并非所有的民族主义都是一样的。国际政治中的民族主义》借鉴了心理学的见解，探讨了民族主义承诺何时会促进冲突，何时会促进合作。

Kathleen Powers挑战了关于民族主义和军事侵略的公认智慧，将建立在统一基础上的民族主义与建立在平等基础上的民族主义区分开来，并解释了这些规范是如何引起独特的外交政策态度的。结合美国的创新实验和对欧洲大众和精英调查数据的全新分析，她认为，团结鼓励对外部冲突的支持，破坏了区域信任和合作，而平等则减轻了军国主义，促进了对安全合作的支持。

国际政治中的民族主义》对不同形式的民族主义如何塑造外交政策态度进行了严谨而有说服力的研究，并提出了关于跨国身份是增加对合作的支持还是破坏合作的重要问题。