| The Fate of the Nation State Contributor(s): Seymour, Michel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0773526862 ISBN-13: 9780773526860 Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Economic Policy |
| Dewey: 321.05 |
| LCCN: 2004484705 |
| Physical Information: 1.25" H x 5.98" W x 8.94" (1.35 lbs) 432 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Examines the foundations of nationalist thinking and the justifications behind the nation-state model Reflects upon the nation building policies, politics of recognition and issues related to globalization Are Nation-states obsolete? Are multination states viable? Can we really create powerful supranational institutions? These are the questions that celebrated authors and specialists attempt to answer in this important collection of articles. The work contains theoretical essays and case studies by philosophers, sociologists, political scientists and governmental analysts that provide state of the art analyses of the situation of the nation-state as it is developing all over the world in the new millennium. There are different concepts of nationhood and different forms of national consciousness: ethnic, civic, cultural, socio-political and diasporic. territory; as immigrant groups, as extensions of neighbouring national majorities, as minority nations or as majority nations. There are also different policies adopted toward different groups: bilingualism, multiculturalism, interculturalism, collective rights, etc. Finally, there are different sorts of political arrangements: nation-state, multination state, confederation of sovereign states, multinational federation, federation of nation-states, supranational institutions, etc. The enormous complexity of these issues explain why nations, nationalism and nation-states have been so difficult to understand. |
Contributor Bio(s): Seymour, Michel: - CA |
