Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/305590 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 11348
Publisher: 
CESifo GmbH, Munich
Abstract: 
This article reviews the recent burgeoning political economics research on nation-building. We focus on three main aspects of this body of work. First, we discuss methodological issues related to measuring nation-building outcomes and provide a synthesis of studies that employ different techniques, such as surveys on identity, lab-in-the-field methods, and direct observation of actions signaling identity. Second, we explore preconditions for effective nation-building, particularly focusing on ethnolinguistic polarization and segregation, and discuss how these factors may influence policy choices and their effectiveness. We also consider geopolitical factors. Finally, we review advances in the literature evaluating the effects of major nation-building policies, including those that encourage inter-group contact, the choice of national education curriculum, propaganda, leadership, decentralization, and foreign interventions. We highlight instances when these policies work and when they backfire.
Subjects: 
nation-building
national identity
social cohesion
conflict
JEL: 
D74
H11
H56
H77
N40
O10
Z10
P00
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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