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Nationalism Lecture 5: Nationalist Systems Change Prof. Lars-Erik Cederman Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) Seilergraben 49, Room G.2 lcederman@ethz.ch
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) Seilergraben 49, Room G.2 lcederman@ethz.ch http://www.icr.ethz.ch/teaching/nationalism Assistant: Kimberly Sims, CIS, Room E 3, k-sims@northwestern.edu
Source: R. Gilpin: War and Change in World Politics
– State-formation – Nation-building
Type Factors that change Examples Systems change Nature of actors empires, nation-states... Systemic change Governance of system polarity, rules of conduct Interaction change Interstate processes war, alliances
and peaceful settlement, through amalgamation of different parts and through their separating from each
process of intermingling and separation of races and civilizations, and languages. The European peoples have only gradually developed their nationalities; they are not a simple product of nature but are themselves a product of the creation of states.”
Kings Church Emperor Lords and vassals Peasants
violence
private and public property => Violation of sovereignty conditions
– internal – external – boundary
The Italian City- States City Leagues like the Hansa
– Renaissance – Reformation – Sovereignty
Thomas Hobbes Louis XIV
Diplomacy & Warfare States Interstate Relations Descending sovereignty
– Territorial state confirmed – Legal equality – Non-interference – Compensation
States Interstate Relations Ascending sovereignty Nations Irredentism
Post- Napoleonic Post-WWI Post-WWII Post-Cold War? Problem as seen by victor Napoleon’s unrestrained nationalism Failure of balance
Hitler’s nationalistic excesses Communist repression of democracy and HR New Principles —Balance of power —State legitimacy —Dynastic intervention —Wilson’s 14 points —national self- determination —collective security (L of N) —bipolarity —strategic stability —non- interference (UN) —democracy —human/minority rights Result —restoration —Concert —long peace —imperial breakup —plebiscites ==> IR idealism —divided states —stability and balance of power ==> realism —multi-national states undermined —German reunification —ethnic conflict Contradic- tions waves of nationalist revolutions —new states fragmented —colonial powers —decolonization —latent nationalism —human rights —EU, S. Africa —intervention? —US policy to Iraq
Source: Barkin and Cronin