New Critical Writings in Political Sociology : Volume Three: Globalization and Contemporary Challenges to the Nation-State

In the third and final volume of this series, we examine the implications of the accelerating globalization process for the nation-state. Are globalization, the rise of regional and international institutions, and the international agreements on human rights actually reducing and transforming state sovereignty? Clearly ethnic, racial, and religious identities remain salient, but how do they correspond to, intersect with, and overflow continuous nation-state spaces that are demarcated by legally recognized borders? In what conditions do democratic state-building projects actually enhance political, civil, and social rights, and when do they tend to contribute to the consolidation of elite power? Should democratic forces put their faith in a cosmopolitan vision of global citizenship, especially when they tackle quintessentially international and transnational problems like peace, aboriginal rights, and the protection of the environment? In this volume's collection of contemporary political sociologists' key articles, we present work that explores the exposure of the nation-state and the post-World War II world system to global forces. Cover......Page 1 Half Title......Page 2 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Table of Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 8 Series Preface......Page 10 Introduction......Page 12 Part I Crisis of the Nation-State?......Page 42 1 Michael Mann (1997), 'Has Globalization Ended the Rise and Rise of the Nation-State?', Review of International Political Economy, 4, pp. 472-96.......Page 44 2 Paul Q. Hirst (2002), 'Another Century of Conflict? War and the International System in the 21st Century', International Relations, 16, pp. 327-42.......Page 70 Part II Diasporic Movements, National and Transnational Religious and Ethnic Conflicts......Page 86 3 Peter Uvin (1999), 'Ethnicity and Power in Burundi and Rwanda: Different Paths to Mass Violence', Comparative Politics, 31, pp. 253-71.......Page 88 4 Ashutosh Varshney (2003), 'Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and Rationality', Perspectives on Politics, 1, pp. 85-99.......Page 108 Part III International Organizations and the 'Development Industry'......Page 124 5 Balakrishnan Rajagopal (2000), 'From Resistance to Renewal: The Third World, Social Movements, and the Expansion of International Institutions', Harvard International Law Journal, 41, pp. 530-78.......Page 126 6 Tim Mitchell (1999), 'America's Egypt: Discourse of the Development Industry', Middle East Report, 169, pp. 18-36.......Page 176 Part IV State-Building and Democratization......Page 194 7 Philippe C. Schmitter and Terry Lynn Karl (1991), 'What Democracy is ... and is Not', Journal of Democracy, 2, pp. 75-88.......Page 196 8 Thomas Carothers (2002), 'The End of the Transition Paradigm', Journal of Democracy, 13, pp. 5-21.......Page 210 9 Guillermo O'Donnell (1996), 'Illusions about Consolidation', Journal of Democracy, 7, pp. 34-51.......Page 228 Part V Post-Communism......Page 246 10 Ernest Gellner (1991), 'Nationalism and Politics in Eastern Europe', New Left Review, 1, pp. 127-34.......Page 248 11 Valerie Bunce (2003), 'Rethinking Recent Democratization: Lessons from the Postcommunist Experience', World Politics, 55, pp. 167-92.......Page 256 Part VI Human Rights, Refugees, Immigrants, Migration......Page 282 12 Bryan S. Turner (1993), 'Outline of a Theory of Human Rights', Sociology, 27, pp. 489-512.......Page 284 13 Stephen Castles (2003), 'Towards a Sociology of Forced Migration and Social Transformation', Sociology, 37, pp. 13-34.......Page 308 14 Jacqueline Bhabha (1996), 'Embodied Rights: Gender Persecution, State Sovereignty, and Refugees', Public Culture, 9, pp. 3-32.......Page 330 Part VII Regionalism, Multi-Level Governance and the EU......Page 360 15 Raimo Väyrynen (2003), 'Regionalism: Old and New', International Studies Review, 5, pp. 25-51.......Page 362 16 Richard Bellamy (2006), 'Still in Deficit: Rights, Regulation, and Democracy in the EU', European Law Journal, 12, pp. 725-42.......Page 390 Part VIII Cosmopolitans and Their Critics......Page 408 17 Ulrich Beck and Natan Sznaider (2006), 'Unpacking Cosmopolitanism for the Social Sciences: A Research Agenda', British Journal of Sociology, 57, pp. 1-23.......Page 410 18 Craig Calhoun (2002), 'The Class Consciousness of Frequent Travelers: Toward a Critique of Actually Existing Cosmopolitanism', South Atlantic Quarterly, 101, pp. 869-97.......Page 434 Name Index......Page 464