Nation state building processes and cultural diversity

Nation-State Building Processes and Cultural Diversity Cultural diversities are central features of constitutional and legal developments in nation-states. Each state has its own tradition of institutional legacies. Since the Second World War, international concerns and European regional arrangements have led to the development of cultural diversity politics. New features of multi-level governments are transcending the old principles of nation-state rule and governance. This process is still not quite clear, but various empirical evidence shows that we are living in a transitional period, in which both the power of the conventional nation-state and the politics of cultural minorities are of rather central political importance.