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Jason L. Finkle

Bio: Jason L. Finkle is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social movement & Consensus theory. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 102 citations.

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TL;DR: This paper argued that ethnic identity is a somewhat unimportant and ephemeral nuisance that will unquestionably give way to a common identity uniting all inhabitants of the state, regardless of ethnic heritage, as modern communication and transportation networks link the state's various parts more closely.
Abstract: Scholars associated with theories of “nation-building” have tended either to ignore the question of ethnic diversity or to treat the matter of ethnic identity superficially as merely one of a number of minor impediments to effective state-integration. To the degree that ethnic identity is given recognition, it is apt to be as a somewhat unimportant and ephemeral nuisance that will unquestionably give way to a common identity uniting all inhabitants of the state, regardless of ethnic heritage, as modern communication and transportation networks link the state's various parts more closely. Both tendencies are at sharp variance with the facts, and have contributed to the undue optimism that has characterized so much of the literature on “nation-building.”

541 citations

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TL;DR: A theory which is about coups in particular rather than about wider forms of political instability, or about the narrower, military, coup is capable of falsification, avoiding inherently untestable hypotheses or concepts that are defined so loosely as to invite accusations of tautology; and which is, of course, able to withstand appropriate empirical examination as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: ‘In the last ten years on my individual reckoning’, observes S. E. Finer, ‘there have been seventy-three coups in forty-six countries’. ‘Coups’, Gurr comments, ‘can alter political processes and social institutions as drastically as any classic revolutions’. Yet the incidence and importance of coups are hardly reflected in the sparse literature proposing generalizations about their causes. Certainly, many case studies of individual coups have been undertaken, but the choice of the country has usually been decided by availability of data rather than its significance for a general theory. Given that coups have occurred all over the world, they clearly are a general phenomenon. Existing general explanations for them, however, are open to criticism. These suggest that essentially there is room for a theory which is about coups in particular rather than about wider forms of political instability, or about the narrower, military, coup; which is capable of falsification, avoiding inherently untestable hypotheses or concepts that are defined so loosely as to invite accusations of tautology; and which is, of course, able to withstand appropriate empirical examination.

81 citations

Book
07 May 2007
TL;DR: In this article, the puzzle of the Tehran bazaar under the Pahlavi monarchy and the Islamic Republic is discussed. But the authors focus on the transformation of the bazaar and do not consider the economic aspects of these transformations.
Abstract: 1. The puzzle of the Tehran Bazaar under the Pahlavi monarchy and the Islamic Republic 2. Conceptualising the bazaar 3. Bazaar transformations: networks, reputations and solidarities 4. Networks in the context of transformative agendas 5. Carpets, tea and teacups: commodity types and sectoral trajectories 6. Networks of mobilisation under two regimes 7. Conclusions Selected bibliography Index.

75 citations

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TL;DR: In what must surely rank as one of the strangest episodes in the entire history of science, two generations of immediate forebears in the social sciences managed virtually to ignore the “Darwinian” theory of biological evolution and to exclude from their purview any sustained consideration of the role of biological factors in the shaping of human behavior.
Abstract: In what must surely rank as one of the strangest episodes in the entirehistory of science, two generations of our immediate forebears in the social sciences managed virtually to ignore the “Darwinian” theory of biological evolution and to exclude from their purview any sustained consideration of the role of biological factors in the shaping of human behavior.

69 citations

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07 Sep 2016
TL;DR: Peters and Pierre as mentioned in this paper propose a new framework for comparative analysis of governance, arguing that government remains a central actor in governance, and articulating the functionalist dimension of governance they show how goal setting, resource mobilization, decision-making, implementation and feedback can be performed by a combination of different types of actors.
Abstract: Decision-making is at the heart of governing and governance, and is a more challenging task compared to just a few decades ago as a result of increasing social complexity and globalization. In this book, B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre propose a new framework for the comparative analysis of governance, arguing that government remains a central actor in governance. By articulating the functionalist dimension of governance they show how goal setting, resource mobilization, decision-making, implementation and feedback can be performed by a combination of different types of actors. Even so, effective governance requires a leading role for government. The framework is also applied to a taxonomy of governance arrangements and national styles of governing. Comparative Governance advances our knowledge about governance failure and how forms of governance may change. It also significantly strengthens the theory of governance, showing how governance can be studied conceptually as well as empirically.

62 citations