Crafting state-nations : India and other multinational democracies

By:

Stephan Alfred

Contributor(s):

Linz Juan J Yadav Jogandra

Publication details: Balimore Johns Hopkins University Press 2010Description: 308p xiISBN:

9780801897245

Subject(s):

1. Multinationals States - Case Studies2. Democracy - Case Studies

DDC classification:

321.800000 STE

Contents:

Table of contents List 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 Multinational Societies in Unitary States; 8. The U.S. Federal Model and Multinational Societies: Some Problems for Democratic Theory and Practice; Bibliography; Index

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Table of contents
List 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 Multinational Societies in Unitary States;
8. The U.S. Federal Model and Multinational Societies: Some Problems for Democratic Theory and Practice;
Bibliography;
Index

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