Nation-Building in pluralistic societies: An analysis of the rights-oriented and authority-oriented methods

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1 Associate Prof, Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Shahid Beheshti, Tehran, Iran

2 MA. in Public Law, Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Shahid Beheshti, Tehran, Iran

10.30465/scs.2024.45315.2728

Abstract

'Nation building' refers to the process of establishing a nation and uniting people under the authority of a government in a particular region. The process of nation building in a pluralistic society is complex. It can bring stability or generate ethnic civil wars and instability. In this regard, by employing a legal, political, and interpretative approach to the data collected through a library method collection of texts, the present research attempts to answer the following question: what patterns result in the peaceful coexistence of diverse groups or their coercive relations in the context of nation building? The findings of this study indicate that nation building will remain stable with a right oriented model since it ensures the fundamental rights of all groups and spectrums in the process. In the process of nation building with an authority oriented nature, it may, however, be able to maintain stability in appearance and control pluralistic groups under the authority of the political system for a long time, but there is a potential for the nation state's collapse and constant changes in the components of national identity in these structures.

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Sociological Cultural Studies

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Available Online from 29 September 2024

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