Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: Vulnerable Civility 1
5. Part One: National Contexts
6. 1. Is America Breaking Apart? The Rise of Donald Trump 31
7. 2. How Homogeneous Need America Be? Nation, Race, and Civility 54
8. 3. Roadblocks to Civility: Lessons from Turkish Nationalism 79
9. 4. Urban Civility Defying Political Authoritarianism? Unpacking Turkey’s Reversal of Democracy 100
10. 5. Under Stress: Civility, Compassion, and National Solidarity – The Refugee Crisis in Germany after 1945 122
11. Part Two: International and Comparative Contexts
12. 6. Nationalism and Imperialism as Enemies and Friends: Nation-State Formation and Imperial Projects in the Balkans 149
13. 7. The Despotic and Infrastructural Powers of Democratic, Autocratic, and Authoritarian Regimes 172
14. 8. Resistance and Nationalist Violence: A Hallsian Approach to Nation-Building in a Colonial Context 197
15. 9. Two Communist Revolutions: A Hallsian Comparison of China and Russia 221
16. 10. Religious Toleration in Pre-modern Empires 240
17. 11. Ashoka and Constantine: On Mega-Actors and the Politics of Empires and Religions 262
18. Conclusion: Reflections and Replies 303
19. Contributors 325
20. Index 331