Nation-State: Living reference work entry
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| Title: | Nation-State: Living reference work entry |
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| Authors: | Tröhler, Daniel |
| Publisher Information: | Springer Cham, 2024. |
| Publication Year: | 2024 |
| Subject Terms: | 503001 General education, 503001 Allgemeine Pädagogik |
| Description: | Definition:Nation-state is a composite of two terms combined by a hyphen and whose contents are disputed in both cases, namely the nation and the state. The two terms are closely related but not identical; rather, they draw persuasive and assertive power from each other. As a result—semantic ambiguities notwithstanding—the “nation-state” has gained such a high degree of plausibility in the geopolitical classification of the world that it is “taken for granted” (Elden, 2010, p. 803; Storey, 2012, pp. 7, 69, 73). According to Andreas Wimmer and Brian Min (2006), in 1900, only 40% of the world’s habitable landmass consisted of independent nation-states, while much of the rest was ruled by national empires. One hundred years later, however, autonomous nation-states accounted for almost 100% of the world’s land mass (See Fig.1). |
| Document Type: | Part of book or chapter of book |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-031-25900-5_29-1 |
| Access URL: | https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/9431f03a-1057-48dd-8aa1-8ceef8625923 |
| Accession Number: | edsair.dris...00911..8ee72d65de1fa317153c188c8c6c4327 |
| Database: | OpenAIRE |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | Definition:Nation-state is a composite of two terms combined by a hyphen and whose contents are disputed in both cases, namely the nation and the state. The two terms are closely related but not identical; rather, they draw persuasive and assertive power from each other. As a result—semantic ambiguities notwithstanding—the “nation-state” has gained such a high degree of plausibility in the geopolitical classification of the world that it is “taken for granted” (Elden, 2010, p. 803; Storey, 2012, pp. 7, 69, 73). According to Andreas Wimmer and Brian Min (2006), in 1900, only 40% of the world’s habitable landmass consisted of independent nation-states, while much of the rest was ruled by national empires. One hundred years later, however, autonomous nation-states accounted for almost 100% of the world’s land mass (See Fig.1). |
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| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-031-25900-5_29-1 |