Where Nation-states Come From (ebook)

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Winner of the 2008 Davis Center Book Prize, American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS)

"Where Nation-States Come From sets a high standard for scholarship indeed. With this book, Roeder has hit the proverbial home run."--Hendrik Spruyt, Perspectives on Politics

"This is a terrific book. Roeder launches uncompromising attacks on those who emphasize the role of ideology, norms, and ideas in accounting for the success or failure of nationalist projects. He makes a compelling case for the central importance of state institutional structures and the elites they empower. His analysis is thorough almost to a fault, leading him to explore a wide range of relevant themes. . . . [This is] a formidable piece of scholarship on the relationship between nationalism and state formation in the modern era."--Daniel H. Nexon, International History Review

"Given that most secession efforts are linked to conflict, including terrorism. . . . Roeder's study should be valuable for scholars as well as policy-makers. Roeder addresses the crucial question of why some nation-state projects succeed while others fail in spite of the presence of factors generally regarded as essential for nationalist success: ethnic group identity, grievance against the central regime, mobilization of the people, and international recognition. By examining these factors within the framework of administrative structures. . . . Roeder shows that, in most cases, it is preexisting institutions…that produce the decisive 'alignment' of factors. Without this a nation-state is not likely to be established."--R. P. Peters, University of Massachusetts at Boston, for Choice

"Roeder's knowledge of Soviet and Russian politics is impressive and students of nationalism will find this essential reading. Where Nation States Come From is highly recommended for students of nationalism, Eastern European and Central Asian politics and comparative politics and international politics in general."--James G. Mellon, Political Studies Review

"This is an original, rigorous, and indeed fascinating book. Using a wide range of data and methods, it argues that the institutional design of the units of political authority in the international system explains the origins of nation-states over nearly two hundred years. It is relevant to a remarkable range of debates in comparative and international politics; to those who work on nationalism, state-building, and democratization; and to specialists in both sub-Saharan Africa and postcommunist Eurasia."--Valerie Bunce, Cornell University

"A superb work. First, it furnishes an outstanding model of how to 'do' social science. Second, it provides a great deal of well-organized information about state formation and nonformation, especially as concerns the Soviet state and the myriad tugs-of-war over territorial and ethnic sovereignty that have shaped post-Soviet politics. Third, it furnishes conclusions--complete with overwhelming evidence in their support--that will have immediate practical implications for world politics. Fourth, it is a good read: without cutting scholarly corners, it offers many delightful moments."--M. Steven Fish, University of California, Berkeley0LIST OF FIGURES vii
LIST OF TABLES ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi

PART ONE: THE INSTITUTIONAL ORIGINS OF NATION-STATES

CHAPTER ONE: Who Gets a State of Their Own? 3
CHAPTER TWO: Varieties of Segmented States 42

PART TWO: PROCESSES: FORGING POLITICAL-IDENTITY HEGEMONIES

CHAPTER THREE: Hegemonies and Segment-State Machines 81
CHAPTER FOUR: Creating Identity Hegemony 108
CHAPTER FIVE: Conditions for Political-Identity Hegemony 136

PART THREE: PROCESSES: ESCALATION TO NATION-STATE CRISES

CHAPTER SIX: The Dynamics of Nation-State Crises 163
CHAPTER SEVEN: The Segmental Agenda and Escalation of Stakes 203
CHAPTER EIGHT: Escalation of Means in Nation-State Crises 229

PART FOUR: OUTCOMES: CRISES AND INDEPENDENCE

CHAPTER NINE: Which Nation-State Projects Create Crises? 259
CHAPTER TEN: Which Segment-States Become Nation-States? 290
CHAPTER ELEVEN: Nation-States and the International System 341

APPENDIX: Segment-States, 1901-2000 355
REFERENCES 365
INDEX 403