Civil Nation Research Articles

Specification of Bilingual Scenario of Cross-Language Relationship and Its Implementation Problems (Based on the Examples of Canada, Belgium and Spain)

Our current research is dedicated to the analysis of the most demonstrative scenarios of bilingual cross-language relationship and peculiarities of their implementation within a single state, comparing the experience of such countries as Canada, Belgium and Spain. It has been examined that “type A” scenario implies of the ideas of the absence of “Great Tradition”, “type B” - the existence of such “Great Tradition” and “type C” involves several “Great Traditions”, which remain in the relationship of competition. Besides, it has been estimated that diglossia models w ere distributed in former colonial states of Africa and India. Consideration of Canadian experience firstly showed the facts of the English-French bilingualism type; in addition to it, it has been proved that all Federal Institutions had been transferred to bilingual background that was adopted legislatively by the Constitution of Canada. The case of Belgium has occurred to be even more demonstrative, while this country has two components, which qualitatively differ “Belgian case” from the “Canadian”: a) more consequent background upon the ethnic model of communities’ identity (in Canada this model is exclusively “linguistic”, close to American “civil nation’s model”) and b) practical absence of the question consideration about “Belgian nation” (in Canadian case there exists such a public require, but it remains unsatisfied). Third country’s (Spain) investigation involves two principles which allow Spain to occupy the middle position between unitary, centralized, monolingual France and completely regionalized Belgium and pushes us to characterize the combination of these principles (“state integrity” and “regional demand”) as the “symbols of combination”.

To a Question of New Strategies of Ethnocultural Policy of Modern States

Today, when practically everywhere the structure of modern national states loses the uniformity, and explosive forces of multiculturalism generate very serious political and sociocultural problems, the question foregrounds, whether it is possible to find an adequate equivalent to reach a unification of the civil and ethnic nation. This article is an attempt to answer this question.The author undertook comparative research of the German, French and British models of multiculturalism and came to a conclusion that in Europe it is possible to speak about multiculturalism with a considerable bit of convention. The source of modern interethnic problems is rather not in cultural, but in the social and economic spheres without solving which the preservation of the multicultural society can be put under doubts. For the Russian Federation such comparison is very important as multicultural strategy, having become part of ideological baggage of liberal reforming of the Russian society, is as well vulnerable for criticism. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2013.v4n9p23

On Experience in Measuring the Consolidation of Modern Russian Society

One of the main reasons for prolongation of the crisis of contemporary Russian society is a profound social disconnection, alienation of the leading segments of the society. The social consolidation is considered as a fundamental basis to overcome the crisis and to form the civil society and the Russian civil (political) nation. We suggest how the consolidation of Russian society could be measured applying the traditional understanding of the empirical material as semantic space. The empirical data consist from three all-Russian surveys carried out in 2007, 2009 and 2011. According to our analysis the level of consolidation of Russian society decreased in last two years. The respondents with middle and high income are most focused on the consolidation. We describe the profile of the consolidators and allocate the features that can be used to unite most of the population of all age groups and income levels. The social and political stability of Russian society depends on the direction in which the consolidation develops.

Multicultural Horizons. Diversity and the Limits of the Civil Nation by Anne-Marie Fortier

Multicultural Horizons. Diversity and the Limits of the Civil Nation by Anne-Marie Fortier

Learning about Civil War, Separatism, and Nation Building through Teaching in the Turkish Republic

Learning about Civil War, Separatism, and Nation Building through Teaching in the Turkish Republic

Multicultural Horizons: Diversity and the Limit of the Civil Nation

Multicultural Horizons: Diversity and the Limit of the Civil Nation

Multicultural Horizons – Diversity and the Limits of the Civil NationMulticultural Horizons – Diversity and the Limits of the Civil Nation

Multicultural Horizons – Diversity and the Limits of the Civil NationMulticultural Horizons – Diversity and the Limits of the Civil Nation

Political Order, Identity, and Security in Multinational, Multi-Religious Russia

The basis of a civil nation is common goals, common values, trust in the government, and the understanding that the government serves us. The main task of the people [now] is to avoid military service, taxes, and the authorities in general. Under such conditions, it is impossible to form a civil political nation.

Time for a Tea Party? Why Tax Regimes beyond the Nation State Matter, and Why Citizens Should Care

‘No taxation without representation!’ It was the British Crown's attempt to tax tea that laid the groundwork for the American Revolution in the 18th century and, ultimately, the Declaration of Independence. This was neither the first nor the last example in history, but perhaps the most famous one to demonstrate the close connection between tax sovereignty and the civil nation state. Today, sovereignty in matters of taxation is still regarded as one of the core functions of the nation state. But is it still the nation state's own domain? This essay argues that, at least with respect to the European Union, the answer is no. It shows that the EU tax regime influences national policies in important ways, and imposes significant constraints on national tax sovereignty. It will also show that the lost sovereignty at the national level can be found again at the European level. Is it time to advocate a European Declaration of Dependence?