nation-state

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Introduction
Nation-state building
- Nation-state formation and war
- Citizenship in nation-states
- Nationalization
- Diversity management
Challenges to nation-states
- Immigration
- Global capitalism and neoliberalism
- Minorities’ challenge to nation-based citizenship
- National disintegration
- Cultural globalization
- Global civil society
- Global risks
- Religious extremism

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