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Market civilisation meets economic nationalism: the discourse of nation in R ussia's modernisation
Author(s) -
Kangas Anni
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
nations and nationalism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.655
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1469-8129
pISSN - 1354-5078
DOI - 10.1111/nana.12023
Subject(s) - civilization , neoliberalism (international relations) , modernization theory , nationalism , context (archaeology) , contradiction , argument (complex analysis) , sociology , political economy , political science , economy , economic system , economics , politics , law , epistemology , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry , paleontology , biology
This article examines how the discourse of nation functions as a mechanism furthering the expansion of a neoliberal market civilisation in R ussia. It contributes to discussions that have challenged the assumed mutual exclusivity of economic nationalism and neoliberalism. The article develops its argument in the context of the idea of contemporary international society as a market civilisation characterised by an adaptation to and adoption of neoliberal standards by states. The ongoing modernisation project in R ussia illustrates the workings of such standards, as exemplified by the project for an innovation city in S kolkovo, in the M oscow metropolitan area. Building on an analysis of the Skolkovo debate, the article agues that there is no inherent contradiction between economic nationalism and neoliberalism. Rather, the nation is an important symbolic system that produces a cultural susceptibility to, and a discursive field for, the introduction of neoliberal standards of market civilisation in R ussia.