The distinction between political and ethnic nations was rediscovered to
study responses to immigration, however, we may also theorize some
implications for responses to (the homogenizing pressures) of globalization:
Part 2: Complicating the picture
Two political nations respond to diversity
Castles Proposal - 3 models
Koopmans proposal - a 2 dimensional approach
Key question for every nationalist
If the “national unit” (the nation) and the state should
be congruent, the question than arises Who belongs
to the nation, and who not? Historically, two ideal
typical answers emerged, based on:
The ethnic principle, equating the
nation with the ethnic group (aka
“deterministic”)
The political principle, equating the nation
with a political group (aka “voluntaristic”,
“territorial” or “civic”)