Talk:State-building

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[edit] Yes to merge

This article should be merged with Nation-building; it's basically another term used for the same concept, and the other article is woefully short.--Gloriamarie 07:53, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Oppose. The content of the two articles is so different, it's hard to understand how they can be merged. "State-building" is only "another term used for the same concept" if you were born since the start of the Bush Administration and have no idea of any other possible or previous worlds. Yes, language changes, but this use of "nation building" to mean "state building" is designed to blur a useful distinction, with the intention of obfuscating, not enlightening.

Bathrobe 10:18, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

I totally agree with Bathrobe! State building is about constructing the organization of a state. Nation-buiding is about creating a feeling of a national unity. Nation-building has to do with culture, something state-building do not. The two processes are connected, but by no means the same. --Oddeivind (talk) 08:25, 8 June 2008 (UTC)