Nation-Building and Citizenship by Reinhard Bendix, John Bendix - 9781138528666

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Nation-Building and CitizenshipStudies of Our Changing Social Order\nAuthor(s): Reinhard Bendix, John Bendix\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138528666, 978-1138528666\nSynopsis\nNation-Building and Citizenship examines how states and civil societies interact in their formation of a new political community. Reinhard Bendix directs our attention to relations established between individual and state during nation-building. While the development of citizenship and the interplay between tradition and modernity are important in this process of social and political change, his key theme is the examination of authority patterns.\n\nBendix explores in depth the possibilities of an alternative approach to the neo-evolutionary orientation many social scientists take in their analyses of the underdeveloped areas of the world. The subjects he discusses include transformations of Western European societies since medieval time.