L'État-nation, Une forme de fermeture sociale
Wimmer, Andreas
In: European Journal of Sociology, 1996, vol. 37, no. 1, p. 163-179
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- The study begins with a critical examination of two opposing, theories of nationalism. Next, the relationship between the State and nationalism in the form of the nation state is seen as a process of social formation during which a compromise is established between public and private elites, and the people: loyalty is exchanged for the right to participate in social rights. In the third part, the author considers the future of a number of Southern states in relation to the fundamentals of nation formation