{"product_id":"nation-building-why-some-countries-come-together-while-others-fall-apart-9780691177380","title":"Nation Building: Why Some Countries Come Together While Others Fall Apart","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Andreas Wimmer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Sociology - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Rich in historical detail, \u003ci\u003eNation Building\u003c\/i\u003e explains--through theory, controlled comparison, and statistical tests--how states prosper and fail. With this book, Wimmer's impressive corpus merits inclusion in the canon of great works in historical sociology.\"\u003cb\u003e--David D. Laitin, Stanford University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eNation Building\u003c\/i\u003e is an exemplary piece of social science research. With diverse empirical methods, both quantitative and qualitative, Wimmer mounts an immensely ambitious effort to unscramble the complex web of determinants behind nationhood. He emphasizes long-term, slower-moving processes, but is sensitive to their implications for agency, leadership, and policy. A central insight that emerges is that national identity is the product not of ethnic homogeneity but of the inclusive provision of public goods.\"\u003cb\u003e--Dani Rodrik, Harvard University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eNation Building\u003c\/i\u003e examines a specific puzzle concerning ethnic membership during the making of nationhood. Why, in some countries, do ethno-political hierarchies in play during the making of nationhood wind up having long lives, while in other countries the process of nation building becomes an occasion for dissolving such differences? Wimmer brings great depth to his analysis and makes this book a major contribution to the subject.\"\u003cb\u003e--Saskia Sassen, author of \u003ci\u003eExpulsions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This fluent and powerful book demonstrates at the deepest level that early state formation rests on ethnic and linguistic homogenization--and this, together with the presence of civil society alliances that crosscut a territory, allows for successful nation building. Wimmer is a great sociologist at the top of his profession, producing a work of immense sophistication that exhibits all his gifts.\"\u003cb\u003e--John A. Hall, McGill University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wimmer stands among the most solid and convincing of macrocomparative researchers, and he is as close to the ideal of an impartial social scientist as one can find. His theories of nation building are a revelation.\"\u003cb\u003e--Randall Collins, University of Pennsylvania\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45268897300631,"sku":"9780691177380","price":3044.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780691177380.webp?v=1769236748","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/nation-building-why-some-countries-come-together-while-others-fall-apart-9780691177380","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}