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Nation building : why some countries come together while others fall apart /

"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,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wimmer, Andreas (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Colección:Princeton studies in global and comparative sociology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Tables
  • A Note to the Reader on the Online Appendix
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • A Relational Theory and Nested Methods
  • Voluntary Organizations: Switzerland versus Belgium
  • Public Goods: Botswana versus Somalia
  • Communicative Integration: China versus Russia
  • Political Integration: Evidence from Countries around the World
  • Identifying with the Nation: Evidence from a Global Survey
  • Is Diversity Detrimental?
  • Policy Implications with Some Lessons Learned from Afghanistan
  • Appendix A: Supplement to Chapter 1 (Online)
  • Appendix B: Supplement to Chapter 4
  • Appendix C: Supplement to Chapter 5
  • Appendix D: Supplement to Chapter 6
  • Appendix E: Supplement to Chapter 7
  • Appendix F: Supplement to Chapter 8
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.