lecture 6- the crisis of the national state Flashcards
charles maier Heyday of the national state in Europe 1860-1960
from sovereignty to territoriality
functional differentiation
the stratification of society and the socialisation of the state
-expansion of citizenship
qualifications: contested territoriality: warfare: limitations and variations
manifestations of crisis
-internal crisis of the welfare state
- internal crisis of communist states
- failure of postcolonial states
-globalisations
crisis of the welfare state
Critique:
conservative- welfare state would destroy itself as a result would fall apart as the communal bonds between people are eroded within the welfare state. this lack of moral grounding and denial of moral connection leads to a state that comes unbound hobbes leviathan all power state replaces form of community and state then lack legitimacy and will collapse
radical- the state suppress all kinds of ideas of social justice in which thee state strengthen and reinforces inequality in society instead of getting rid of them lulls the working class into obedience by providing the minimum support and reinforces gender inequality and supports injustices. people can do very little as the welfare state is now a beuracy that people can no longer control. people argue instead of s beuracratic welfare state you need self organisation in replacement.
neoliberal- seen as a result of rising expectation on the welfare state in the end people don’t have individual responsibility disappointment that not more is provided me too mechanism.
Responses: from states to citizens or markets
From government to multi-level governance focus on nudging and stimulus instead of full control
conservatism believe there is a lost sense of community need to find this again
radicals- once we have liberated ourself from this we can decide how to govern
neoliberal- role back state emphasis on the individual
crisis of communist states
From ideological conformity to material rewards
Since 1970s: failure to maintain social contract material rewards in the end bring sufficient legitimacy
After 1989:
- neoliberal take-over
- return of the repressed?
Collapse of empire- non violent government stepped down and replaced by another government
Instability of Russia
failure of the post colonial states
Arbitrary borders drawn for instance in berlin conference and later moments as a result states were acknowledge and protected by colonial rulers but not based on any support or claim by the population
Modelled after colonizing power
Military bulwark in imperial competition
Fractured elites to help power of the colonial ruler and that continued in pst colonial times too
Patrimonialism that form of elite power also continued in patrimonialism- indicates a regime of which it supports itself by profits good and services given to their own group to gain support and stay in power but leading to increase comp of state power as that’s the only way to get material support he it is the ways in which the colonial state function that continued in post colonial states
worsen be Resource curse copper etc brings in a lot of money but exploits society and reep profit which reinforces inequalities
Neocolonial gaze?
globalisation
Technology and science
universities in england
Economy and ecology
standardisation
Migration
Ideologies and social movements
International regimes and networks
end of the nation state? no
No:
Territoriality
Nationality
Different, but not less
Reregulation
Governance
Resistance to pressure
end of the nation state? yes
Less sovereignty eg in the eu
Failing bureaucracy
uk post office scandel
Less democracy
Less rule of law
But in the end:
more state power?
increase nationalism emphasis on national principle in which nation states are made
alternatives: empires?
EU as HRE?
layered and fragmented sovereignty
New imperial powers
International companies apple and other tech companies
International violence- ukraine, china in africxa
new imperial culture- media
alternatives: cities?
mega cities
arrival cities
creative cities
fragile cities
