Democratic and Autocratic Nation Building
Autor: | Katie L. Stewart |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development 0507 social and economic geography Public policy Autocracy 050701 cultural studies Democracy 0506 political science Power (social and political) Dominance (economics) Political science Political economy Political Science and International Relations National identity Elite 050602 political science & public administration Nation-building media_common |
Zdroj: | Nationalities Papers. 49:205-212 |
ISSN: | 1465-3923 0090-5992 |
DOI: | 10.1017/nps.2020.24 |
Popis: | There are two main trends in the field of nation-building studies. One subset of the field focuses on democratic nation building, seeking to answer questions of how people can live together in divided societies and presenting institutional recommendations. The other subset examines autocratic nation building, or how those in power utilize nation building to maintain their position of dominance. Scholars examine both types of nation building from above, examining government policies and elite action, and from below, analyzing the practices and emotions of non-elites. While there has been much progress in the field of nation-building studies, I suggest that we focus more on the conceptual differences between democratic and autocratic nation building, address the interactions of elites and non-elites in nation-building practices, and disaggregate analyses to take into account in-country variation in nation building. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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