Original scientific paper
Is the Nation of Citizens a Viable Political Programme?
Nenad Miščević
; Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
Abstract
Contemporary French authors have been proposing sophisticated versions of “civic republicanism” and concepts of “civic nation”. The paper critically discusses the most developed proposal by D. Schnapper, who defines nation as an ethnic-neutral community of citizens. It is argued that this proposal does not come to terms with the actual ethno-cultural diversity of typical contemporary states.
Keywords
nation; nation-state; ethnic nationalism; civic nationalism; citizenship; civic republicanism; ethnic groups; culture; multiculturalism
Hrčak ID:
24318
URI
Publication date:
26.7.2002.
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