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Nationhood and Nation-States: Dynamics of Citizenship, Inequality, and Identity

Explore the role of nation-states in shaping citizenship, social inequality, and identity dynamics. Examine concepts such as patriarchy, race, and class, and how they intersect with gender and nationality. Understand the complexities of modern nation-states and their impact on societies in the era of globalization.

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Nationhood and Nation-States: Dynamics of Citizenship, Inequality, and Identity

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  1. Nationhood and Nation-States »Nation states are constituted by governments assuming ...« (120) N1: Prevedite cel stavek! Sociology, nation-states and the international system ...the forces most responsible for promoting modernization came not just from social pressures created by civil society, they originated within and among elite who controlled the nation-state itself.« (121). - Classical sociology and social change (modernity): the loss of community, declining social cohesion, the conscience collective (respect for human rights...). - Universalism and nationalism. »The extension of the state into everyday life created a new form of social bond, citizenship.« (124).Nation-state societies (123). N2: Pojasnite pomen tega pojma! Citizenship: entitlements and obligations N3: Na katerih dveh temeljinih načelih temelji citizenship! - T.H. Marshal: citzenship is composed of there sets of rights. Dynamics of inclusion and exclusion; citizenship and international migrations; social rights and 'dependency culture'; global citizenship. N4: Na kaj se nanaša oznaka 'dependency culture'?

  2. Political theory and interstate relations • - The realist perspective. • N5: Kaj je temeljna ideja realističnega pogleda na mednarodne odnose? • - Putting 'society' back into national and global politics: state's embeddednes in society, the creation of imagined communities. State and transitions to industrialization: pressures from domestic groups, spill-over effects, late development effect • »Societies have never been simple appendages of states and nations and cannot be regarded as coterminous with them.« (131). • The feminist reassessment • Women and the state ... and nationalism. Women, violence and contemporary warfare. Rape as a war strategy. • Does globalization mean the decline of the nation-state? • - States are undergoing a transformation in their structures and processes. State's sovereignty and autonomy (IGO, privatization of the means of destruction, international law; TNC... • The antipathy to modernity and the discontentment with the nation state. Postmodernity.

  3. The continuing need for effective nation-states Resurgence of national and ethnic demands and rivalries (138). ... a recognized nation-state is still a popular goal for political movements (139). Transnational state?

  4. Social inequalities, gender, race and class »The unequal distribution of power, wealth, income, opportunity and social status between individuals and groups is not randomly distributed, but is patterned and structured« (146). Structured forms of social inequality often operate along three main axes: gender, race/ ethnicity and class. Axes, factors, sources, forms of inequalities. Different forms of social differentiation (168). Distinction between genders (169) Some underexposed forms of social inequality: religious affiliation, disability and 'mobility rights', civic status, age. Feminism: confronting gender inequality The societal engendering of femininity and masculinity N6 Pojasnite vsebino pojma »engendering«! The gender hierarchy (»evaluated differently«) and female subordination. Patriarchy, patriarchal bargain. N7: Na kaj se nanaša oznaka »patriarchal bargain«? From private to public forms of patriarchy: working but still low paid; more choice, but still the child carers; sexually free but still in danger; new models, old realities.

  5. Race and ethnicity Race, human race, race as common origin (nation). Biological notions of race/sociological notions of race (phenotype as a social marker that serves to generate categories ...; race relations situations) Ethnicity: the social construction of ethnicity is based on culture, nationality, language and religion (162). Ethnic identity/situational identity. Class (or social stratification) Marxist and neo-Marxist notions of class N8: Povzemite ključne značilnosti marksističnega pojmovanja razredov! Weberian views of class: class, status groups and political power. The emergence of a transnational class At the top level of the class structure, elites have always been transnational (167). A new global ruling class has emerged? Gender/race/class interactions

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