William J. Chase, Enemies within the Gates? The Comintern and the Stalinist Repression, 1934–1939. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001
In: Journal of Cold War studies, Band 6, Heft 4, S. 174-177
ISSN: 1531-3298
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In: Journal of Cold War studies, Band 6, Heft 4, S. 174-177
ISSN: 1531-3298
In: World politics: a quarterly journal of international relations, Band 24, Heft 3, S. 319-355
ISSN: 1086-3338
Scholars associated with theories of "nation-building" have tended either to ignore the question of ethnic diversity or to treat the matter of ethnic identity superficially as merely one of a number of minor impediments to effective state-integration. To the degree that ethnic identity is given recognition, it is apt to be as a somewhat unimportant and ephemeral nuisance that will unquestionably give way to a common identity uniting all inhabitants of the state, regardless of ethnic heritage, as modern communication and transportation networks link the state's various parts more closely. Both tendencies are at sharp variance with the facts, and have contributed to the undue optimism that has characterized so much of the literature on "nation-building."
In: Theory, culture & society: explorations in critical social science, Band 23, Heft 2-3, S. 533-538
ISSN: 1460-3616
The essay traces the definitions of nation through various stages, outlining the consequences of each definition. It emphasizes that the movement to exclusivity has been genocidal and then hints at the possibility of re-reading the idea of nation.