Revolutions, nations, empires : conceptual limits and theoretical possibilities
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Revolutions, nations, empires : conceptual limits and theoretical possibilities
Columbia University Press, c1999
- : cloth
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. [199-222]
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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: cloth ISBN 9780231114301
Description
-- Michael D. Kennedy, associate professor of sociology, University of Michigan
Table of Contents
1. Nations 1. Nations and Nationalism 2. Theories of the Nation 3. The Modernity of Nationalism 2. Revolutions 4. The Concept of Revolution 5. Limits on Revolution 6. Structural Constraints and Starting Points: The Logic of Systemic Change in Ukraine and Russia 3. Empires 7. Coneceptualizing Empire 8. Theorizing Empire 9. The Future of Empire
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: pbk ISBN 9780231114318
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In this concise, provocative, and trenchant book, Alexander J. Motyl argues that social scientists must pay more rigorous attention to the formulation of concepts, as they provide the basis for clear thinking, good research, and intelligent formulation of theories. Before even contemplating the question of whether or not theories "fit the facts" and explain what they purport to explain, it behooves us to ask whether or not theories make sense conceptually. Focusing his "conceptual explorations" on three phenomena-revolutions, nations and nationalism, and empires-Motyl challenges the sloppy thinking that so often surrounds these three interrelated concepts, and moves our understanding of them-and their implications for both theory and practice-toward greater precision.
Table of Contents
Part 1. Nations 1. Nations and Nationalism 2. Theories of the Nation 3. The Modernity of Nationalism Part 2. Revolutions 4. The Concept of Revolution 5. Limits on Revolution 6. Structural Constraints and Starting Points: The Logic of Systemic Change in Ukraine and Russia Part 3. Empires 7. Coneceptualizing Empire 8. Theorizing Empire 9. The Future of Empire
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