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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Alfred Stepan (Wallace Sayre Professor of Government, Columbia University) , Juan J. Linz , Yogendra Yadav (Senior Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies)Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780801897245ISBN 10: 0801897246 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 26 May 2011 Recommended Age: From 17 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Preface 1. Comparative Theory and Political Practice: Do We Need a ''State-Nation'' Model as Well as a ''Nation-State'' Model? 2. India as a State-Nation: Shared Political Community amidst Deep Cultural Diversity 3. Four Indian Cases That Challenge State-Nation Theory? 4. Tamils in India: How State-Nation Policies Helped Construct Multiple but Complementary Identities 5. Tamils in Sri Lanka: How Nation-State Policies Helped Construct Polar and Conflictual Identities 6. Ukraine: State-Nation Policies in a Unitary State 7. Federacy: A Formula for Democratically Managing MultinationalSocieties in Unitary States 8. The U.S. Federal Model and Multinational Societies: Some Problems for Democratic Theory and Practice Bibliography IndexReviewsUseful and important. Choice For its conceptual innovation, erudition, and real-world applicability, this book deserves to be widely read... The authors tell us that the goal of their analysis is to expand our collective political imaginations (p. xiv) about how to combine democracy and ethnic diversity. They have brilliantly succeeded in meeting that goal. -- Ashutosh Varshney Journal of Democracy 2012 Useful and important. Choice Useful and important. Choice For its conceptual innovation, erudition, and real-world applicability, this book deserves to be widely read... The authors tell us that the goal of their analysis is to expand our collective political imaginations (p. xiv) about how to combine democracy and ethnic diversity. They have brilliantly succeeded in meeting that goal. -- Ashutosh Varshney Journal of Democracy This book offers a compelling account of state-nation -ism as a political model. -- Louise Tillin Publius The book makes a very timely and important intervention to understanding nationalism and democracy in the study of comparative politics. -- Rohit K. Dasgupta Asian Affairs Author InformationAlfred Stepan is the Wallace Sayre Professor of Government at Columbia University. His books include Democracies in Danger, Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation, and The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes, all also published by Johns Hopkins, the last two with Juan J. Linz. Juan J. Linz is Sterling Professor Emeritus of Political and Social Science at Yale University. In addition to the works coauthored and coedited with Professor Stepan, Professor Linz has published works on democracy, democratization, and comparative politics, including Sultanistic Regimes, also published by Johns Hopkins. Yogendra Yadav is the codirector of Lokniti and a Senior Fellow with the Center for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi, India. He has written articles for Hindi- and English-language newspapers and magazines, is a member of the editorial collective of the monthly Hindi-language magazine Samayik Varta, and is the general editor of Lokchintan Granthamala, a four-volume series on social science published in Hindi. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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