| ID | 099145 |
| Title Proper | New directions in the study of nation-building |
| Other Title Information | views through the lens of path dependence |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Allen, Daniel |
| Publication | 2010. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The topic of nation-building is of enormous significance to both scholars and policymakers. Path dependence, a key theory of historical institutionalism, yields a great deal of insights into the extent to which conditions are favorable for outside actors to impose an institutional framework on a given society. Path dependence reveals several important variables that should be considered carefully in nation-building research. These variables include the effects of conflict on an occupied society, surviving institutions drawn upon by an occupier undertaking a policy of imposed nation-building, and the presence of a clear, salient national identity among the occupied society. This essay explores these variables with respect to four cases of outside-imposed nation-building to show the clearly divergent outcomes and their relationship to the variables of concern to a path dependence approach to the concept. Conclusions here are firmly in line with critiques of liberal peacebuilding as a universal template for imposed development. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Studies Review Vol. 12, No. 3; Sep 2010: p.413-429 |
| Journal Source | International Studies Review Vol. 12, No. 3; Sep 2010: p.413-429 |
| Key Words | Nation - Building ; Policymakers ; Historical Institutionalism ; Liberal Peacebuilding |