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The article investigates the concept of "political nation". The analysis of research studies and the generalization of domestic and foreign experience in the formation of political nation prove the relevance of the issues raised. The study of peculiarities of the political nation formation in the coordinates of the Modernist period enhances the understanding of processes in the socio-humanitarian sphere, makes it possible to outline the ambiguity of interpretations of the conceptual foundations of the political nation, and also helps to develop the effective state policy in this area. It should be noted that there are few studies that systematically analyze the domestic and foreign experience of forming the political nation and they need modernization.
It has been determined that the identification of the sense of national identity is the result of the appropriate mental work, and external challenges greatly optimize this process.
Different approaches to the content characteristics of the notion "political nation" have been considered and summarized. A number of factors (the need to preserve the integrity of state and its consolidation, the formation of civil society, hybrid aggression, etc.) have been outlined, which stipulate the necessity of developing the adequate policy on dealing with crisis phenomena, existing in the Ukrainian national identity. It has been established that the political nation forms a corresponding type of national culture, which creates a more systematic understanding of the genesis, ritual and strategy of national development.

Abstract:  Proponents of constitutional patriotism advocate the promotion of a political national identity. Whether a national identity founded on common political values is viable, however, remains a matter of dispute. The Swiss nation is one of the few empirical cases cited by those who argue that a political national identity can be a sufficient guarantor of institutional stability and social coherence; indeed, Switzerland is widely regarded as a prototype of the political nation. The aim of our analysis is to empirically test this claim. In doing so, we rely on classical typologies of national identity. We propose to use a more finely graded typology than the usual dichotomies, however – one which allows for combined types – and to focus on individual perceptions of national identity at the mass‐ and elite‐levels. The empirical analysis of whether the Swiss nation can correctly be classified as a political nation draws on data from mass and MP surveys. Our conclusion is that the Swiss imagine their nation in both political and cultural terms, and the essence of their cultural identity is Swiss linguistic pluralism and regional diversity.

The article analyzes the nation‑building process in Central Europe in the context of conditions and specific character of historical processes. It identifies the origin of the dilemma in Central Europe: political or ethnic‑cultural nations. The study shows why ethnic‑cultural communities developed in this region. It also describes the extent and the dynamics of disputes over the problem between the most important political trends arisen in Central Europe, and emphasizes the intensity of rivalry over this question in the interwar years, primarily in the Second Republic of Poland, the Kingdom of Hungary, and Czechoslovakia. The paper also analyzes the style of thinking practiced by the adherents to the concept of Central European political nations: Józef Piłsudski, Tomaš G. Masaryk, and Miklós Horthy.

'Der Ethnonationalismus gehörte zu den Totengräbern der alten kommunistischen Ordnung. Ist er auch in der Lage, einen Beitrag zum Aufbau einer neuen demokratischen Ordnung zu leisten? Wird es den Russen und den nichtrussischen Völkern in der Rußländischen Föderation (RF) gelingen, eine Staatsbürgergesellschaft zu schaffen, die sowohl die Belange des staatsbildenden russischen Volkes wie die der anderen Völker angemessen berücksichtigt? Oder bleibt die rußländische Nation eine Fiktion, ähnlich wie das Sowjetvolk? Die Gefahr besteht, daß die Ansätze für eine rußländische Nation zerrieben werden zwischen imperialer Nostalgie und realem Partikularismus und Separatismus. Der vorliegende Bericht stützt sich auf russische wissenschaftliche und publizistische Materialien, er bezieht ebenso russische soziologische Untersuchungen und Zeitungsreportagen ein. Der deutsche und englischsprachige Forschungsstand wurden berücksichtigt.' (Textauszug)