States against Nations - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Nicholas KuipersSeries:Cambridge Studies in Comparative PoliticsPublish date:8/7/2025Pages:266
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781009589239ISBN-10:1009589237UPC:9781009589239Book Category:Political ScienceSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.7915Product ID:SCDM5M90AJ
In States Against Nations, Nicholas Kuipers questions the virtues of meritocratic recruitment as the ideal method of bureaucratic selection. Kuipers argues that while civil service reform is often seen as an admirable act of state-building, it can actually undermine nation-building. Throughout the book, he shows that in countries with high levels of group-based inequality, privileged groups tend...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781009589239ISBN-10:1009589237UPC:9781009589239Book Category:Political ScienceSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.56 inchesWeight:0.7915Product ID:SCDM5M90AJ
Kuipers, Nicholas: - Nicholas Kuipers is an Assistant Professor of Politics at Princeton University. His research is chiefly focused on documenting challenges of representation in bureaucratic and political institutions, especially in Southeast Asia. His research has appeared in American Political Science Review, British Journal of Political Science, and World Politics, among other outlets.
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