The Determinants of Successful Nation-building
Macro-sociological Political Modernization and Political Alliance Structures
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11046677 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Harris Mylonas (0000-0003-0506-644X, George Washington University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 185-189 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nationalities Papers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-5992 • E-ISSN: 1465-3923 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/nps.2020.97 |
| OpenAlex | W3112045792 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
s Nation Building is a terrific book, an instant classic comparable to Karl Deutsch's Nationalism and Social Communication (1953) or Ernest Gellner's Nations and Nationalism (1983). The empirical puzzle that motivates his work is right there in the title-why some states, like Somalia or Belgium, fall apart or fail to unite, while others, like Botswana or Switzerland, come together and remain that way, seemingly without regard to oft-cited factors such as democracy, development, or ancestral/ethnic heterogeneity. The broader research question that naturally flows from the puzzle is this: why does nation-building succeed in some cases but not in others
Action (physics · Alliance · Content (measure theory · Macro · Modernization theory · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Mathematics · Political Conflict and Governance · Religion and Society Interactions
Making and Unmaking Nations
The Art of Not Being Governed
Nationalism and national development.
Nations and Nationalism
Stories of Peoplehood
The Politics of Nation-Building
The Roots of Ethnic Cleansing in Europe
State Identities and the Homogenisation of Peoples
Faith in Nation
Threats to Territorial Integrity, National Mass Schooling, and Linguistic Commonality
Social Capital
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |