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Nation-building as necessary effort in fragile states /

Policies intended to bring stability to fragile states tend to focus almost exclusively on building institutions and systems to get governance right. Simply building the state is often seen as sufficient for making it stable and legitimate. But policies like these, René Grotenhuis shows in this boo...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Grotenhuis, René (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Policies intended to bring stability to fragile states tend to focus almost exclusively on building institutions and systems to get governance right. Simply building the state is often seen as sufficient for making it stable and legitimate. But policies like these, René Grotenhuis shows in this book, ignore the question of what makes people belong to a nation-state, arguing that issues of identity, culture, and religion are crucial to creating the sense of belonging and social cohesion that a stable nation-state requires.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (201 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789048532124
9048532124
Acceso:Open Access