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Nations, States and Autonomy

Nations, States and Autonomy. Nation vs. State. Nation State. A modern state (L. Mair). Territoriality Centralization of decision making Differentiation of functions Sovereignty. A modern state (T. Parsons). Judiciary across lineages Codified, written-down laws Standing military

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Nations, States and Autonomy

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  1. Nations, States and Autonomy

  2. Nation vs. State • Nation • State

  3. A modern state (L. Mair) • Territoriality • Centralization of decision making • Differentiation of functions • Sovereignty

  4. A modern state (T. Parsons) • Judiciary across lineages • Codified, written-down laws • Standing military • Differentiation of a distinct class of priests • Breakdown of the fusion of religion and society • Differentiation of technical skills

  5. A modern state (M. Weber) • End of patrimonialism • Officials paid by the center • Non-particularistic bureaucracy

  6. Where state and nation do not meet… • Stateless nations • Multi-national states • Multi-state nations • Can you name some examples?

  7. The African Map

  8. Constructing the Nation • Language • Print-Capitalism • War • Genocide

  9. Benedict Anderson’s Imagined Communities (1983) • National identity replacing religious communities and dynastic realms • Three conceptions lost their grip: • Driven by vernacular print-capitalism seeking a larger market

  10. National Homogeneity

  11. The Rise of the State • Leviathan (Hobbes) • Natural Rights (Locke) • Social Contract (Rousseau via Tilly) • Stationary Bandit (Olson) • Transaction Costs (North) • Division of labor (Durkheim) • Class Conflict (Marx)

  12. The State in Context (1)

  13. The State in Context (2)

  14. Historical Challenges Lipset and Rokkan identify four conflict-creating challenges to state formation in European history: • State building • The Reformation • Industrial Revolution • Democracy

  15. Recurrent Challenges • Succession of Leadership • Ethnic & Regional Conflict

  16. Creating political obligation • Results • Habit or Tradition • Personality or Charisma • Identity • Procedures • Socialization • Agenda and Framing • Political Recruitment

  17. The 30 Years War • About Religion or about Stateness? • Peace of Augsburg (1555) • 1618 Deposition • Costs and External Powers

  18. 30 yrs war map

  19. The Peace of Westphalia (1648)

  20. The Peace • Terms • Political Consequences • A Nation-State System

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  22. Social Contract

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