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- Title
The Importance of Internal Pacification in the Development of Nation States: How the Internal Pacification Was Achieved and What Were Its Limitations?
- Authors
Khan, Rasheed Masood
- Abstract
The traditional states of the world are in a fix to settle their disputes and issues internally and externally, ultimately becoming bone of contentions in their respective regions. The western world particularly the European states turned out to be more progressive and composed internally and externally and are termed as proper Nation States in the very recent times. This paper is contextualized mainly in the concrete concepts of famous political sociologists; Anthony Giddens (1985) and James Scott (2009) who drained their ideas from the discussions of various towering Nation-State Theorists like Max Weber, Karl Deutsche, Norbert Alias and Eric Hobsbawm and others]. The focus tilts from pure political-scientist or any other perspective to a more political-sociologist perspective of the development of nation state, laying an impetus on the importance of elements of 'Internal Pacification' as the major factor behind the abrupt emergence and transformation of traditional states into Nation States resulting in enhancement of the capabilities of states, hence making them; (i) more sovereign internally and internationally, (ii) more peaceful and secure, (iii) proactive towards development, and finally (iv) turning them up as welfare states delivering best public services. The paper will also spotlight the steps towards achievement of Internal Pacification and the limitations of Internal Pacification in this whole transformation process of states.
- Subjects
PACIFICATION (Military science); NATION-state; POLITICAL development
- Publication
Politikon, 2016, Vol 30, p74
- ISSN
1583-3984
- Publication type
Article