Andreas Wimmer

Andreas Wimmer is a Swiss sociologist who is the Lieber Professor of Sociology and Political Philosophy at Columbia University.[1][2] He has a PhD in social anthropology from the University of Zurich.[3] He is known for his research on nationalism, nation building, and ethnic conflict.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

Wimmer was awarded the 2019 Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research in recognition of his book Nation Building: Why Some Countries Come Together While Others Fall Apart.[10] In the book, he argues that three factors tend to determine whether nation-building succeeds in the long term: "the early development of civil-society organisations, the rise of a state capable of providing public goods evenly across a territory, and the emergence of a shared medium of communication."[11][1][12] Harris Mylonas described the book as "instant classic comparable to Karl Deutsch's Nationalism and Social Communication (1953) or Ernest Gellner's Nations and Nationalism (1983)."[13]

Wimmer does not see ethnic or racial diversity as detrimental to nation-building, arguing instead that linguistic diversity is a key stumbling block to nation-building.[1][14] He argues that a shared language makes it easier for political alliances and networks to emerge within a prospective nation that ultimately contribute to shared national identification.[1]

References
  1. Wimmer, Andreas (2018-05-08). Nation Building. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-8889-4.
  2. "H-Nationalism Interview with Andreas Wimmer | H-Nationalism | H-Net". networks.h-net.org. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  3. "Andreas Wimmer". www.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  4. Hoff, Samuel B. (2015). Wimmer, Andreas. (ed.). "Ethnic Boundary Making: Institutions, Power, Networks by Andreas Wimmer". International Social Science Review. 90 (1): 1–2. doi:10.2307/intesociscierevi.90.1.17. ISSN 0278-2308.
  5. Lieberman, Evan S.; Singh, Prerna (2012-10-01). "The Institutional Origins of Ethnic Violence". Comparative Politics. 45 (1): 1–24. doi:10.5129/001041512802822860. ISSN 0010-4159.
  6. Loveman, Mara (2015). "Ethnic Boundary Making: Institutions, Power, Networks. By Andreas Wimmer. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. Pp. viii+293. $99.00 (cloth); $24.95 (paper)". American Journal of Sociology. 120 (4): 1226–1229. doi:10.1086/679221. ISSN 0002-9602.
  7. Storm, Eric (2018). "A New Dawn in Nationalism Studies? Some Fresh Incentives to Overcome Historiographical Nationalism". European History Quarterly. 48 (1): 113–129. doi:10.1177/0265691417741830. ISSN 0265-6914.
  8. "How to build a nation". ABC Radio National. 2018-06-29. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  9. "Andreas Wimmer on Differences Between Nationalism, Colonialism & Isolationism | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  10. "Stein Rokkan Prize Winners". European Consortium for Political Research. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  11. Wimmer, Andreas (2018-07-04). "Nation Building: Why Some Countries Come Together While Others Fall Apart". Survival. 60 (4): 151–164. doi:10.1080/00396338.2018.1495442. ISSN 0039-6338.
  12. Roeder, Philip G. (2020). "Nation Building: Why Some Countries Come Together While Others Fall Apart. By Andreas Wimmer. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018. 376p. 27.95 paper". Perspectives on Politics. 18 (1): 221–223. doi:10.1017/S1537592719004924. ISSN 1537-5927.
  13. Mylonas, Harris (2021). "The Determinants of Successful Nation-building: Macro-sociological Political Modernization and Political Alliance Structures". Nationalities Papers: 1–5. doi:10.1017/nps.2020.97. ISSN 0090-5992.
  14. Wimmer, Andreas (2016-09-01). "Is Diversity Detrimental? Ethnic Fractionalization, Public Goods Provision, and the Historical Legacies of Stateness". Comparative Political Studies. 49 (11): 1407–1445. doi:10.1177/0010414015592645. ISSN 0010-4140.
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