{"product_id":"state-formation-nationbuilding-and-mass-politics-in-europe-the-theory-of-stein-rokkan-comparative-politics-9780198280323","title":"State Formation NationBuilding and Mass Politics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStein Rokkan was one of the leading social scientists of the post-war world. He was a prolific writer whose main contribution to social science - the conceptual and developmental map of Europe - is presented here for the first time in an integrated and systematic way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003esets the standards in cross-national comparative research to extraordinarily high levels of academic excellence. * Luis Moreno, Nationalism \u0026amp; Ethnic Politics, Vol.6, No.3, Autumn 2000 *\u003cbr\u003eA 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 \u0026amp; Ethnic Politics, Vol.6, No.3, Autumn 2000 *\u003cbr\u003eA much needed compiliation of Rokkan's prolific work has finally seen the 'public light'. * Luis Moreno, Nationalism \u0026amp; Ethnic Politics, Vol.6, No.3, Autumn 2000 *\u003cbr\u003e`A wonderful book about the thinking of the greatest modern European social scientist.' Professor Arend Lijphart, University of California, San Diego\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSTATE 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","brand":"Clarendon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017614197079,"sku":"9780198280323","price":247.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780198280323.jpg?v=1750774119","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/state-formation-nationbuilding-and-mass-politics-in-europe-the-theory-of-stein-rokkan-comparative-politics-9780198280323","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}