How does the nation become pluralist

Bibliographic Data

ID6256151
AuthorsElke Winter (0000-0002-8942-3717, University of Ottawa, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume7
Issue4
Pages483-515
Publication date2007-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnicities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1468-7968 • E-ISSN: 1741-2706
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1468796807084014
OpenAlexW2124258195
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited54

This article proposes a sociological framework for the constitution of pluralism within the nation state. Revisiting Max Weber's concept of social closure in light of recent scholarship in ethnic relations, the approach developed in this article first emphasizes the constitution of groups within majority/minority relations. It shows that processes of racialization and ethnicization are at the heart of social relations. Second, it argues that nations are constituted in inter- and intra-national relations of conflict and power. This allows one to deconstruct the civic/ethnic dichotomy without losing the theoretical value of these concepts. Rather than being cultural properties, civic and ethnic forms of nationalism allude to different positions of power held by groups and nations in their respective constitutive contexts. Finally, normative pluralism is defined as being produced through conflict and struggle between the dominant group and various minorities. The article examines the relations between different national imaginations and diverse types of pluralism (e.g. multinationalism and multiculturalism). It also accounts for the intersections between different types of pluralism

Constitution · Epistemology · Ethnic group · Multiculturalism · Nationalism · Normative · Pluralism (philosophy · Political science · Politics · Racialization · Social science · Sociology · Transnationality · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Political Conflict and Governance · Religion and Society Interactions

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