Where Nation States Come From

Author : Philip G. Roeder
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400842964
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Where Nation-States Come From written by Philip G. Roeder and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-09 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To date, the world can lay claim to little more than 190 sovereign independent entities recognized as nation-states, while by some estimates there may be up to eight hundred more nation-state projects underway and seven to eight thousand potential projects. Why do a few such endeavors come to fruition while most fail? Standard explanations have pointed to national awakenings, nationalist mobilizations, economic efficiency, military prowess, or intervention by the great powers. Where Nation-States Come From provides a compelling alternative account, one that incorporates an in-depth examination of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and their successor states. Philip Roeder argues that almost all successful nation-state projects have been associated with a particular political institution prior to independence: the segment-state, a jurisdiction defined by both human and territorial boundaries. Independence represents an administrative upgrade of a segment-state. Before independence, segmental institutions shape politics on the periphery of an existing sovereign state. Leaders of segment-states are thus better positioned than other proponents of nation-state endeavors to forge locally hegemonic national identities. Before independence, segmental institutions also shape the politics between the periphery and center of existing states. Leaders of segment-states are hence also more able to challenge the status quo and to induce the leaders of the existing state to concede independence. Roeder clarifies the mechanisms that link such institutions to outcomes, and demonstrates that these relationships have prevailed around the world through most of the age of nationalism.

Author : Philip G. Roeder
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691134677
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Where Nation-States Come From written by Philip G. Roeder and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2007-08-05 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost all successful nation-state projects have been associated with a particular political institution prior to independence - the segment-state. This text clarifies this link through narrative evidence from Central Eurasia, a rigorous theory, and extensive statistical tests.

Author : Philip G. Roeder
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Where Nation-states Come from written by Philip G. Roeder and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost all successful nation-state projects have been associated with a particular political institution prior to independence - the segment-state. This text clarifies this link through narrative evidence from Central Eurasia, a rigorous theory, and extensive statistical tests.

Author : Daniel Berkowitz
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691136041
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of a Nation written by Daniel Berkowitz and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book also examines the effects of early legal systems.

Author : Tom W. Bell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108548792
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Your Next Government? written by Tom W. Bell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Governments across the globe have begun evolving from lumbering bureaucracies into smaller, more agile special jurisdictions - common-interest developments, special economic zones, and proprietary cites. Private providers increasingly deliver services that political authorities formerly monopolized, inspiring greater competition and efficiency, to the satisfaction of citizens-qua-consumers. These trends suggest that new networks of special jurisdictions will soon surpass nation states in the same way that networked computers replaced mainframes. In this groundbreaking work, Tom W. Bell describes the quiet revolution transforming governments from the bottom up, inside-out, worldwide, and how it will fulfill its potential to bring more freedom, peace, and prosperity to people everywhere.

Author : George W. White
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742530263
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nation, State, and Territory written by George W. White and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2007 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Globalization seems to be making nation-states increasingly irrelevant, yet their number has continued to grow. New nation-states emerged out of the ruins of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia; more still may come as Palestinians, Kurds, Chechens, and other peoples struggle tenaciously to establish their own. Through careful analysis White examines the origins, evolutions, and relationships of the world's nation-states to provide a better understanding of their interactions and conflicts.

Author : Alan S. Milward
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415216296
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The European Rescue of the Nation-state written by Alan S. Milward and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newly revised and updated, this second edition is the classic economic and political account of the origins of the European Community book offers a challenging interpretation of the history of the western European state and European integration.

Author : Andreas Wimmer
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691177384
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nation Building written by Andreas Wimmer and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new and comprehensive look at the reasons behind successful or failed nation building Nation Building presents bold new answers to an age-old question. Why is national integration achieved in some diverse countries, while others are destabilized by political inequality between ethnic groups, contentious politics, or even separatism and ethnic war? Traversing centuries and continents from early nineteenth-century Europe and Asia to Africa from the turn of the twenty-first century to today, Andreas Wimmer delves into the slow-moving forces that encourage political alliances to stretch across ethnic divides and build national unity. Using datasets that cover the entire world and three pairs of case studies, Wimmer’s theory of nation building focuses on slow-moving, generational processes: the spread of civil society organizations, linguistic assimilation, and the states’ capacity to provide public goods. Wimmer contrasts Switzerland and Belgium to demonstrate how the early development of voluntary organizations enhanced nation building; he examines Botswana and Somalia to illustrate how providing public goods can bring diverse political constituencies together; and he shows that the differences between China and Russia indicate how a shared linguistic space may help build political alliances across ethnic boundaries. Wimmer then reveals, based on the statistical analysis of large-scale datasets, that these mechanisms are at work around the world and explain nation building better than competing arguments such as democratic governance or colonial legacies. He also shows that when political alliances crosscut ethnic divides and when most ethnic communities are represented at the highest levels of government, the general populace will identify with the nation and its symbols, further deepening national political integration. Offering a long-term historical perspective and global outlook, Nation Building sheds important new light on the challenges of political integration in diverse countries.

Author : Ken'ichi Ōmae
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0029233410
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The End of the Nation State written by Ken'ichi Ōmae and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1995 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masterful analysis that will redefine the workings of the global economy for years to come.

Author : Steven Grosby
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192840983
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nationalism: A Very Short Introduction written by Steven Grosby and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-09-08 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history, humanity has borne witness to the political and moral challenges that arise when people place national identity above allegiance to geo-political states or international communities. This book discusses the concept of nations and nationalism from social, philosophical, geological, theological and anthropological perspectives. It examines the subject through conflicts past and present, including recent conflicts in the Balkans and the Middle East, rather than exclusively focusing on theory. Above all, this fascinating and comprehensive work clearly shows how feelings of nationalism are an inescapable part of being human.