1. Nations, States and Autonomy

2. Nation vs. State Nation State

3. A modern state (L. Mair) Territoriality Centralization of decision making Differentiation of functions Sovereignty

4. A modern state (T. Parsons) Judiciary across lineages Codified, written-down laws Standing military Differentiation of a distinct class of priests Breakdown of the fusion of religion and society Differentiation of technical skills

5. A modern state (M. Weber) End of patrimonialism Officials paid by the center Non-particularistic bureaucracy

6. Where state and nation do not meet… Stateless nations Multi-national states Multi-state nations Can you name some examples?

7. The African Map

8. Constructing the Nation Language Print-Capitalism War Genocide

9. Benedict Anderson’s Imagined Communities (1983) National identity replacing religious communities and dynastic realms Three conceptions lost their grip: Driven by vernacular print-capitalism seeking a larger market

10. National Homogeneity

11. The Rise of the State Leviathan (Hobbes) Natural Rights (Locke) Social Contract (Rousseau via Tilly) Stationary Bandit (Olson) Transaction Costs (North) Division of labor (Durkheim) Class Conflict (Marx)

12. The State in Context (1)

13. The State in Context (2)

14. Historical Challenges Lipset and Rokkan identify four conflict-creating challenges to state formation in European history: State building The Reformation Industrial Revolution Democracy

15. Recurrent Challenges Succession of Leadership Ethnic & Regional Conflict

16. Creating political obligation Results Habit or Tradition Personality or Charisma Identity Procedures Socialization Agenda and Framing Political Recruitment

17. The 30 Years War About Religion or about Stateness? Peace of Augsburg (1555) 1618 Deposition Costs and External Powers

18. 30 yrs war map

19. The Peace of Westphalia (1648)

20. The Peace Terms Political Consequences A Nation-State System

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22. Social Contract