ABSTRACT
Historically, the concept of the nation-state was not limited to the establishment of a territorially bound political order, but also addressed questions of socio-cultural identity and political loyalty. To be a citizen of a nation-state means to participate in and identify with a distinct culture, language, tradition, and political ethos; it means to share a common destiny with other citizens (Held 2002). Nation-state institutions such as education systems and social security have grown up around and enhanced these shared social and cultural characteristics, so that there is, in effect, a certain symmetry between the development of nation-state political organizations and forms of government and the evolution of national collectivities (Andersen 1991).
