"The core of the argument is that the international system plays a key role in determining the types of policies that states pursue as part of their nation building strategies. Mylonas makes several theoretical moves that each constitute a major contribution to our understanding of nation-building policies [...] Mylonas' book is destined to influence future scholarship on nation-building policies, not just in the Balkans but throughout the world." - Dmitry Gorenburg, Harvard University
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"Harris Mylonas is one of the rare scholars who combine sophisticated knowledge of political science techniques with in-depth historical expertise. This book will be of great interest to political scientists, international relations scholars, and historians, and it will also be a valuable resource for policy makers. Most of the events it discusses happened a century or more ago, but the repercussions from those events are still very much in evidence in the Balkans today." - Mark Kramer, Harvard University-
"Through thorough analysis of archival records and integration of theory from both international relations and comparative politics, Harris Mylonas argues that external factors often override internal factors in the formation of nationality policy. In contrast to more common approaches, Mylonas concentrates on the processes underlying nationality policy formation. He persuasively shows how elite perceptions of international threats shape such decisions." - Roger D. Petersen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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"This book makes an important, original argument about the international factors that exert substantial influence on a state's decision to assimilate, accommodate, or exclude its ethnic minorities. Based mainly on analytic comparisons of case histories of Balkan nation building, Mylonas shows that states are much more likely to exclude, expel, or exterminate such groups when they receive backing from foreign enemy states and when the host state is a dissatisfied power harboring a grievance over lost territory. Many readers will find Mylonas's insights to be of great interest." - Jack Snyder, Columbia University
Winner of
The Peter Katzenstein Book Prize in 2013. The Katzenstein Prize recognizes an outstanding first book in International Relations, Comparative Politics, or Political Economy.
"The Politics of Nation-Building by Harris Mylonas distinguishes itself on several dimensions. It addresses an important question at the intersection of international and comparative politics by productively combining insights from theories of Comparative Politics and International Relations and by reformulating key concepts in the study of nation-building. [...] Mylonas fashions creative hypotheses linking these elements and tests them on a body of rich empirical material; his analysis is sophisticated, subtle, and insightful."- The Katzenstein Prize committee
Winner of the 2014
European Studies Book Award by the
Council for European Studies which honors the best first book on any subject in European Studies published within a two-year period.
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