State formation, nation building and mass politics in Europe

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"Stein Rokkan was one of the leading social scientists of the post-war era. He was a prolific writer, yet nowhere is his contribution to social science - the macro-model of the political development of Europe - presented in an integrated and systematic way. Stein Rokkan had plans to do this but he died before the work could be started."--BOOK JACKET. "The current tensions between integration and national reassertion in Europe have given Rokkan's basic approach fresh importance. To demonstrate its relevance, this book has been produced, based solely on his numerous writings which have been carefully selected, edited, and rearranged to present his theory as a coherent whole."--BOOK JACKET.