A nation in the modern era is a population that purportedly has a right to a state of its own1 over the two centuries that we call the age of nationalism philosophers politicians and polemicists have imagined hundreds if not thousands of nation states. Where nation states come from institutional change in the age of nationalism by philip g roeder. Download citation where nation states come from institutional change in the age of nationalism to date the world can lay claim to little more than 190 sovereign independent entities . Age of nationalism where nation states come from institutional change in the age of nationalism by philip g roeder there are 192 states in the world and counting over the last two centuries this number has swelled contracted and swelled again the last two bursts having been intimately connected with the collapse of soviet power where nation states come from institutional change in the where . Where nation states come from is highly recommended for students of nationalism eastern european and central asian politics and comparative politics and international politics in general james g mellon political studies review where nation states come from sets a high standard for scholarship indeed with this book roeder has hit the