Anca Oltean, Book review of David Dunkerley; Lesley Hodgson; Stanislaw Konopacki; Tony Spybey; Andrew Thompson, National and Ethnic Identity in the European Context, Lodz University Press, Lodz, 2001, ISBN 83-7171-448-3 in Eurolimes, vol. 6, Intercultural Dialogue and the European Space, autumn 2008, p. 197-198.
2 Pages Posted: 16 Jul 2020
Date Written: June 24, 2008
Abstract
Articles written by Andrew Thompson (The Nation-State in Europe), Tony Spybey (The Nation-State and European Integration), Tony Spybey (The Nation-State and European Institutions), Andrew Thompson (Nationalism in Europe) present the evolution of nation-state as a European creation, since its birth, at the end of 18th century until contemporary times. The authors emphasize the European origin of nation-state whose model expanded to the rest of the world, as the nation-states are represented in the United Nations Organization today. The European model spread throughout the world as a result of colonialization and maintained in administration even after the colonies regained independence. But the nation-state implies the existence of democratic institutions and modern principles which developed over time. Today’s state administration has its roots in the administration of centralized state during 16th and 17th centuries. Over time, the state separated from monarchy, and democracy was established. What we know today as the democratic Parliament took shape after the model of British Parliament. The bureaucracy of contemporary nation-state was inspired after the centralized state and the reforms of Colbert.
Keywords: nation-state, integration, nationalism, modernity, Europe
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