The Liberal State Vs The National Soul
Mapping Civil Society Transplants
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12282982 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julie Mertus (Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 121-146 |
| Publication date | 1999-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social & Legal Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-6639 • E-ISSN: 1461-7390 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/096466399900800106 |
| OpenAlex | W1976893786 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 40 |
The story of the liberal agenda in the former Yugoslavia and other ‘societies in transition’ is a process involving a unity of opposites - of particularism and universalism; local nationalism and global liberalism. This essay suggests a set of tools with which to re-examine the work of foreign actors engaged in ‘rule of law’ and ‘civil society’ projects in countries such as the former Yugoslavia. The essay examines three orientations of the dominant paradigm informing the work of foreign intervenors and asserts counter-orientations. The author argues that there has not been a convergence to a liberal ideal; the liberal agenda cannot be transplanted wholesale to ‘societies in transition’ as localisms, including nationalisms, challenge claims to universalisms. Both liberalism and nationalism have the potential to be either liberatory or oppressive forces; however, no solution can be viable without an accommodation of both. To better examine the liberal campaign, the essay charts the actors at play, the rhetoric they use and the stakes at hand. The goal of such a mapping is to provoke the kind of inquiry that could change the plot, or at least give some of the minor characters a more major role in the production
Civil society · Ideal (ethics · Liberalism · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Sociology · State (computer science · Universalism · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Law · Philosophy
Where is your body?
Writing Culture
Democratic Philosophy and the Politics of Knowledge
Contemporary Capitalism
State Sovereignty as Social Construct
Liberal Nationalism
Nations and Nationalism since 1780
The end of organized capitalism
Power and International Relations
Quasi-States
Western Political Theory in the Face of the Future
Institutional Design in New Democracies
Contending Sovereignties
National Rights, International Obligations
Suitcase
Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation
Multicultural Citizenship
Subalternity and International Law
Untying the Sovereign State
Liberalism, Autonomy, and Moral Conflict
Critical Moral Liberalism
Balkan ghosts
The reemergence of civil society in eastern Europe and the Soviet Union
Beyond Sovereignty
Globalization and world society
By Chance and Prestige
The domestic content of international desire
The state and the nation
Democracy and Civil Society
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2015 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |