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Most cited papers in Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics

Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics

What are the most cited papers in Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics?

The most cited paper in Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics is "Nations and nationalism since 1780 programme, myth, reality" (Eric J. Hobsbawm, 1995), with 4,191 citations. Next come "Nationalism Reframed: Nationhood and the National Question in the New Europe" (1,425) and "The Uniting of Europe. Political, Social and Economical Forces, 1950-1957." (1,150).

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Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 117 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#	Paper
1	Nations and nationalism since 1780 programme, myth, reality Eric J. Hobsbawm	1995	4,191
2	Nationalism Reframed: Nationhood and the National Question in the New Europe Robert Legvold, Rogers Brubaker · Foreign Affairs	1997	1,425
3	The Uniting of Europe. Political, Social and Economical Forces, 1950-1957. Frederick Victor Meyer, Elizabeth Haas · The Economic Journal	Mar 1959	1,150
4	Nations and nationalism since 1789: Programme, myth, reality Peter Baldwin · History of European Ideas	1992	783
5	The silent counter-revolution Piero Ignazi · European Journal of Political Research	Jul 1992	772
6	Nation-Building or Nation-Destroying? Walker Connor · World Politics	Apr 1972	642
7	A Community of Europeans?: Transnational Identities and Public Spheres Charles W. Turner · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews	Sep 2011	603
8	Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy Enrico Spolaore · The Economic Journal	Feb 2007	576
9	Empire of Nations: Ethnographic Knowledge and the Making of the Soviet Union Stephen Lovell · Nations and Nationalism	29 Mar 2006	530
10	Is Nationalism a Distinct Ideology? Michael Freeden · Political Studies	Sep 1998	518
11	Nationalism and Ethnicity Craig Jackson Calhoun · Annual Review of Sociology	Aug 1993	504
12	Memory Unbound Daniel C. Levy, Natan Sznaider · European Journal of Social Theory	Feb 2002	462
13	Empire by Invitation? The United States and Western Europe, 1945-1952 Geir Lundestad · Journal of Peace Research	Sep 1986	399
14	Challenging the Civic/Ethnic and West/East Dichotomies in the Study of Nationalism Stephen Shulman · Comparative Political Studies	Jun 2002	397
15	Europe's eastern expansion and the reinscription of otherness in East-Central Europe Merje Kuus · Progress in Human Geography	Aug 2004	388
16	Ethno-Symbolism and Nationalism: A Cultural Approach Anthony D. Smith	2 Feb 2009	366
17	The Memory Politics of Becoming European: The East European Subalterns and the Collective Memory of Europe Maria Mälksoo · European Journal of International Relations Open access	12 Nov 2009	352
18	The myth of the civic nation Bernard Yack · Critical Review	Mar 1996	346
19	The Peace of Westphalia of 1648 and the Origins of Sovereignty Derek Croxton · The International History Review	Sep 1999	339
20	Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference. Douglas R. Holmes · American Ethnologist	Feb 2002	339
21	Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947 Arden Bucholz · History Reviews of New Books	May 2007	328
22	Nationalist exclusion and ethnic conflict shadows of modernity Andreas Wimmer	2002	321
23	Narratives of Nation-State, Historical Knowledge, and School History Education Bruce A. VanSledright · Review of Research in Education	Feb 2008	315
24	NATIONALISM AND ARCHAEOLOGY: On the Constructions of Nations and the Reconstructions of the Remote Past Philip L. Kohl · Annual Review of Anthropology Review	Oct 1998	299
25	:Defending the Rights of Others: The Great Powers, the Jews, and International Minority Protection, 1878–1938 Gale Stokes · The American Historical Review	Jun 2005	299
26	Who are we? The Challenges to America's National Identity Rogers M. Smith · Political Science Quarterly	2004	293
27	Rise and Demise of the Territorial State John H. Herz · World Politics	Jul 1957	291
28	Nation-building in the Post-Soviet Borderlands: The Politics of National Identities Graham E. Smith, Vivien A. Law, Andrew Wilson et al.	10 Sep 1998	282
29	The Origins of Soviet Ethnic Cleansing Terry Martin · The Journal of Modern History Open access	Dec 1998	264
30	Myths and misconceptions in the study of nationalism Rogers Brubaker · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter	26 Nov 1998	257
31	Ethnicity and Nationalism: Theory and Comparison W. H. Morris‐Jones · Pacific Affairs	Mar 1993	247
32	Waves of War: Nationalism, State Formation, and Ethnic Exclusion in the Modern World Andreas Wimmer	22 Nov 2012	247
33	Hot, banal and everyday nationalism: Bilingual road signs in Wales Rhys A. Jones, Peter Merriman · Political Geography	Mar 2009	238
34	States and nationalism in Europe 1492?1992 Charles Tilly · Theory and Society	Feb 1994	237
35	Left–Right Orientations Peter Mair · Oxford University Press eBooks Book chapter	2 Sep 2009	237
36	The political economy of collective skill formation Paul B. Ryan · Journal of Vocational Education and Training	30 Jul 2012	236
37	Racism and Nationalism George L. Mosse · Nations and Nationalism	Jul 1995	225
38	The reconstruction of Western Europe 1945–51 Geoffrey Warner · International Affairs	1985	210
39	A European Identity Bo Stråth · European Journal of Social Theory	Nov 2002	202
40	Nations, states and homelands: territory and territoriality in nationalist thought Jan Penrose · Nations and Nationalism	Jul 2002	197
41	Constructing Primordialism: Old Histories for New Nations Ronald Grigor Suny · The Journal of Modern History	Dec 2001	191
42	Gastronomy or Geology? The Role of Nationalism in the Reconstruction of Nations Anthony D. Smith · Nations and Nationalism	Mar 1995	189
43	Nationalism and the cultivation of culture Joep Leerssen · Nations and Nationalism	13 Sep 2006	189
44	How dictatorships work: power, personalization, and collapse Albertus Schoeman · Democratization	16 May 2019	188
45	Access to luxury foods in Central Europe during the Roman period: the archaeobotanical evidence C.C. Bakels, Stefanie Jacomet · World Archaeology	2003	187
46	The Uniting of Europe: Political, Social, and Economic Forces, 1950–1957 John McCormick · History Reviews of New Books	2005	185
47	The dramaturgy of horizons: geographical scale in the ‘Reconstruction of Italy’ by the new Italian political parties, 1992–1995 John A. Agnew · Political Geography	Feb 1997	184
48	The origins of nations Anthony D. Smith · Ethnic and Racial Studies	Jul 1989	182
49	Nationalist Exclusion and Ethnic Conflict: Shadows of Modernity Antonia Dodds · Contemporary Political Theory Open access	Jul 2003	181
50	Democratization and Disintegration in Multinational States: The Breakup of the Communist Federations Carol Skalnik Leff · World Politics	1999	176

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