Comparative Politics

A summarized study of the theory of nation and nationalism, i.e. constructivism. It is mainly elaborated by the key arguments of Brubaker. Moreover, it also contains some criticism by varied thinkers.

This is a well concise version of the theory of modernism, elaborated by varied thinkers and political scientist. Like Tom Nairn 's 'uneven development', Michael Hechter's 'Internal colonialism', John Breuilly's 'nationalism as a form of politics', Paul brass's 'instrumentalism', Eric Hobsbawm's 'invention of tradition' and Ernst Gellner's 'high cultures'. This theory is divided into three categories and approaches like political, economic and socio-cultural. Further, the criticism of this theor...

This Jotted down material is the concise yet well understandable notes of the topic theories of nation and nationalism. In that only the primordialism as a theory is demonstrated. It is the in-depth study of Primordialsim with its approaches like: nationalist, paternalist, socio-biological and cultural, described by scholars like Pierre L. van den Berghe , Adrian Hastings, Anthony Smith and Clifford Geertz. Moreover, listed some criticism of primordialist through different perspectives and given...