Nation Building: Why Some Countries Come Together While Others Fall Apart

In: Princeton Studies in Global and Comparative Sociology Ser

Abstract

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- A Note to the Reader on the Online Appendix -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 A Relational Theory and Nested Methods -- 2 Voluntary Organizations: Switzerland versus Belgium -- 3 Public Goods: Botswana versus Somalia -- 4 Communicative Integration: China versus Russia -- 5 Political Integration: Evidence from Countries around the World -- 6 Identifying with the Nation: Evidence from a Global Survey -- 7 Is Diversity Detrimental? -- 8 Policy Implications with Some Lessons Learned from Afghanistan -- Appendix A: Supplement to Chapter 1 (Online) -- Appendix B: Supplement to Chapter 4 -- Appendix C: Supplement to Chapter 5 -- Appendix D: Supplement to Chapter 6 -- Appendix E: Supplement to Chapter 7 -- Appendix F: Supplement to Chapter 8 -- Notes -- References -- Index