States against Nations

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Meritocracy, Patronage, and the Challenges of Bureaucratic Selection

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

Av Nicholas Kuipers, New Jersey) Kuipers, Nicholas (Princeton University

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In States Against Nations, Nicholas Kuipers questions the virtues of meritocratic recruitment as the ideal method of bureaucratic selection. Kuipers argues that while civil service reform is often seen as an admirable act of state-building, it can actually undermine nation-building. Throughout the book, he shows that in countries with high levels of group-based inequality, privileged groups tend to outperform marginalized groups on entrance exams, leading to disproportionate representation in government positions. This dynamic exacerbates intergroup tensions and undermines efforts towards nation-building. Drawing on large-scale surveys, experiments, and archival documents, States Against Nations provides a thought-provoking perspective on the challenges of bureaucratic recruitment and unearths an overlooked tension between state- and nation-building.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-08-07
Mått157 x 235 x 19 mm
Vikt545 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieCambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
Antal sidor266
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781009589215

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1. Introduction; 2. State-Building, Nation-Building, and a Theory of How Bureaucratic Selection Affects Both; 3. Why Reform? Meritocratic Recruitment in Comparative and Historical Perspective; 4. Explaining The Heightened Demand for Government Jobs; 5. The Effect of Selection via Meritocracy in Contemporary Indonesia; 6. Meritocracy and Patronage in Colonial Southeast Asia; 7. Global Statistical Analyses: Some Indirect Tests; 8. Conclusion.