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The question behind this article evolved from two separate observations. While the expansion of comparative and cross-regional research has been actively promoted by leading scholars of the Middle East (and was later encouraged by such bodies as the Middle East Studies Association and this journal), so has the incorporation of scholarly insights from area studies been urged by leading political scientists as a prerequisite for revitalizing all of the discipline's subfields and institutionally endorsed by the American Political Science Association. Viewed as interrelated, these observations prompted the question framing this text: if the aims of many Middle East scholars and institutions are compatible with the aims of many political scientists and their association, why have they remained largely parallel, as suggested by scholars within both fields?

AbstractComparative studies of nationalism rarely incorporate China as a case in their observations. Despite the rise of nationalism in salience throughout Chinese society, studies of nationalism in China are frequently tagged as insularly focused and unsuitable for comparison. However, a survey of the literature in Chinese nationalism studies reveals that similar blind spots and limitations challenge studies of China with more general comparative research on nationalism. Given this parallelism in development, I argue that looking to observations of China provides scholars of nationalism with vital opportunities to expand and refine theory to include insights from a non-western, non-democratic case.

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: Theory and History -- 1 Academic Nationalism -- 2 Do Nations Have Navels? -- 3 Tolerant Majorities, Loyal Minorities, and "Ethnic Reversals" -- Part 2: Minorities and Civil Society -- 4 Neither Perennial nor Modern -- 5 Understanding Multiculturalism in Divided Societies -- 6 Canada's French Fact - or Facts? -- 7 Civic and Ethnic Nationalist Narratives in Ethiopia -- Part 3: Politics and the State -- 8 Militarism and Nationalism in Japan -- 9 Who Are the Nationalists? -- 10 After the PRI -- Part 4: The International Dimension -- 11 Messianic Nationalism -- 12 Islamic Nationalism, Imperialism, and the Middle East -- 13 Progressive Inter-Nationalist Nationalisms -- 14 Implacable Foes or Strange Bedfellows? -- Conclusion -- Contributors -- Index.

Issues regarding nationalism have been increasing since the 1990s on an international scale. This article reviews and summarizes the current state of sociological studies concerning Japanese nationalism and the changes therein, as many sociologists in Japan have focused on nationalism and its related problems. The first half of the article examines historical sociological studies about the emergence and development of nationalism in Japan, which demystify the fictions concerning Japan's ethnic and cultural homogeneity and describe the specific historical roots of this myth. The latter half of the article reviews various aspects of modern sociological works on Japanese nationalism. While some studies empirically show various forms of nationalism, others demonstrate political components of Japanese nationalism or inquire about this recent phenomenon and related issues that have arisen since the 2010s.