Nation Building: Why Some Countries Come Together While Others Fall Apart
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Nation Building: Why Some Countries Come Together While Others Fall Apart
By (Author) Andreas Wimmer
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
6th July 2020
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Nationalism
Peace studies and conflict resolution
Social and political philosophy
320.1
Physical Properties
Paperback
376
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
Description
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
Reviews
"Winner of the Stein Rokkan Prize, European Consortium for Political Research"
"Co-Winner of the Barrington Moore Book Award, Comparative-Historical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association"
"In this fascinating account of state- and nation-building across time and space, Wimmer does a great job in convincing readers of the explanatory value of his theory."---Sean Mueller, Regional and Federal Studies
Author Bio
Andreas Wimmer is the Lieber Professor of Sociology and Political Philosophy at Columbia University. His books include Waves of War and Ethnic Boundary Making.
