Nation Building by Andreas Wimmer

Nation Building by Andreas Wimmer

A new and comprehensive look at the reasons behind successful or failed nation buildingNation 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

"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
"This is a book of profound and far-reaching significance for those wishing to understand how nations are built.—John Torpey, Sociological Forum"

Andreas Wimmer is the Lieber Professor of Sociology and Political Philosophy at Columbia University. His books include Waves of War and Ethnic Boundary Making.

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ISBN 13	9780691202945
ISBN 10	069120294X
Title	Nation Building
Author	Andreas Wimmer
Series	Princeton Studies In Global And Comparative Sociology
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Princeton University Press
Year published	2020-04-28
Number of pages	376
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