POLD52H3 Chapter : Methodlogical Nationalism
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Introduction: methodological nationalism is the naturalization of the global regime of nation-states by the social sciences, it reflects and reinforces the identification that many scholars maintain with their own nation-states. The three variants of methodological nationalism within the social. Sciences: there are three variants of methodological nationalism: In the first place, immigrants destroy the isomorphism between people, sovereign and citizenry. Immigrants are perceived as foreigners to the community of shared loyalty towards the state and shared rights guaranteed by that state: secondly, immigrants destroy the isomorphism between people and nation. They show nationalist state builders and social scientists alike of the ethnic minorities that have been absorbed into the national body through the politics of forced assimilation and benevolent integration. Immigrants thus represented a renewed challenge to the nation building project and point to the fragility: thirdly, immigrants destroy the isomorphism between people and group of solidarity.