Nation-state system: Jusitifications and flaws
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2023-08-24
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en
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The nation-state system is a pillar of contemporary societies. Its importance for global and
national stability has led us to perceive this system as natural. However, what are the
justifications of this system? Is the perceived naturalness of this system due to its ability to
achieve its objectives, or because it has not been sufficiently challenged? This thesis examines
the quality of the nation-state in Western countries by considering its performance relative to
its objectives. I first use the work of Yael Tamir (1993) and Will Kymlicka (1995, 2001) as
grounds for the liberal justification of the nation-state system. Next, I examine decolonial and
feminist perspectives to provide alternative point of views on this system. From these
descriptions, I confront the theories of liberal thinkers with the alternative positions of
decolonial and feminist authors. At the dawn of this analysis, I elaborate a proposition for the
following issue: What should we do with the nation-state? In other words, given the
discrimination and exclusion stemming from the nation-state system, what should Western
countries do? Preserve, modify, or abandon it?
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen