... and beyond as elites in the “nationalizing states” have more actively pursued nation-building policies ( Brubaker 1995 ). Qualitatively, the way the nation has been described has also changed, from emphasizing the heterogeneity of the political community in the early post-Soviet period to more unitary...

...Matthew Blackburn; Ekaterina V. Klimenko Perhaps no topic could be more crucial to the concept of “post-communism” than how the Soviet past is commemorated, challenged, or forgotten. The study of historical memory is often correctly tied to identity politics and nation-building. While the usable...

...Diana T. Kudaibergenova What are the mechanisms of legitimation in non-democratic and linguistically divided states? How do regimes in these states use and manipulate the ideology and nation-building for the purposes of regime legitimation? The article focuses on the concept of compartmentalized...

..., as such processes are extremely complex. In essence, a Korean reunification will necessarily lead to building of a new nation. In Bloom s words, nation-building means both the formation and establishment of the new state itself as a political entity, and the process of creating viable degrees of unity, adaptation...

... of citizenship and also in the emphasis on the language requirements for citizenship. The explanations could be traced back to the previous century and to the cultural and political project of state and nation-building. But the importance assigned to the national identity and national sovereignty issues...