State Formation, Nation-Building, and Mass Politics in Europe
The Theory of Stein Rokkan
Published on 10. June 1999
Book
Hardback
440 pages
978-0-19-828032-3 (ISBN)
Description
Stein Rokkan was one of the leading social scientists of the post-war world. He was a prolific writer, yet nowhere is his contribution to social science - the conceptual and developmental map of Europe - presented in an integrated and systematic way. Stein Rokkan had plans to do this but died before the work could be started. Drawing on Rokkan's published, unpublished, and translated writings, this book systematizes and integrates Rokkan's numerous writings in the way he wanted to do himself.
Reviews / Votes
sets the standards in cross-national comparative research to extraordinarily high levels of academic excellence. * Luis Moreno, Nationalism & Ethnic Politics, Vol.6, No.3, Autumn 2000 * A long introduction written by Peter Flora serves the purpose of providing the reader with useful insights and interpretations on how to make sense of the vast amount of data and information provided in subsequent chapters. A cascade of concepts and ideas put forward by Rokkan are analysed in a clarifying manner. * Luis Moreno, Nationalism & Ethnic Politics, Vol.6, No.3, Autumn 2000 * A much needed compiliation of Rokkan's prolific work has finally seen the 'public light'. * Luis Moreno, Nationalism & Ethnic Politics, Vol.6, No.3, Autumn 2000 * `A wonderful book about the thinking of the greatest modern European social scientist.'Professor Arend Lijphart, University of California, San Diego
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
figures and tables
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
754 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-828032-3 (9780198280323)
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Author
late Professor of Sociologylate Professor of Sociology, University of Bergen
Editor
Professor of Comparative PoliticsProfessor of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen
Professor of SociologyProfessor of Sociology, University of Mannheim
Professor of Politics and International RelationsProfessor of Politics and International Relations, University of Aberdeen
Content
STATE FORMATION AND NATION-BUILDING; BASIC CONCEPTS, MODELS, MAPS; DIFFERENTIATIONS AND BOUNDARY-BUILDING; CENTRES AND PERIPHERIES; THE BASIC MODEL; A MODEL AND CONCEPTUAL MAP OF EUROPE; THE TERRITORIAL STRUCTURING OF EUROPE; CONDITIONS OF STATE FORMATION AND NATION BUILDING; NATION-BUILDING AND LANGUAGE; THE SURVIVAL OF PERIPHERAL IDENTITY; FEDERAL VERSUS UNITARY STRUCTURE; B. MASS POLITICS; III. THE DEMOCRATISATION OF EUROPE; 1. EXIT AND VOICE; 2. THE FOUR THRESHOLDS OF DEMOCRATISATION; 3. NUMERICAL DEMOCRACY AND CORPORATE PLURALISM; IV CLEAVAGE STRUCTURES AND PARTY SYSTEMS; CLEAVAGES AND THEIR POLITICAL TRANSLATIONS; CRITICAL JUNCTURES, ALLIANCES, AND OPPOSITIONS; 3. PARTY SYSTEMS AND THE MODEL OF EUROPE