http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/11/the-nation-as-unit-of-analysis/ The Sweet Release of Reason Tue, 22 May 2012 20:28:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/11/the-nation-as-unit-of-analysis/#comment-7549 Pithlord Mon, 13 Feb 2006 21:01:41 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/11/the-nation-as-unit-of-analysis/#comment-7549 Are you looking for a theory of federalism? Are you looking for a theory of federalism?

]]> http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/11/the-nation-as-unit-of-analysis/#comment-7559 Pithlord Mon, 13 Feb 2006 21:01:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/11/the-nation-as-unit-of-analysis/#comment-7559 Are you looking for a theory of federalism? Are you looking for a theory of federalism?

]]> http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/11/the-nation-as-unit-of-analysis/#comment-7548 Will Wilkinson Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:51:57 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/11/the-nation-as-unit-of-analysis/#comment-7548 Not THE unit of analysis, but A unit. Not THE unit of analysis, but A unit.

]]> http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/11/the-nation-as-unit-of-analysis/#comment-7558 Will Wilkinson Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:51:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/11/the-nation-as-unit-of-analysis/#comment-7558 Not THE unit of analysis, but A unit. Not THE unit of analysis, but A unit.

]]> http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/11/the-nation-as-unit-of-analysis/#comment-7547 bjt@BJT.COM Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:44:21 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/11/the-nation-as-unit-of-analysis/#comment-7547 So why were you being so coy? Are you proposing WTO and NAFTA as the unit of analysis? I can think of no topic more sleep inducing than European integration. I'm sure you would agree. So why were you being so coy? Are you proposing WTO and NAFTA as the unit of analysis? I can think of no topic more sleep inducing than European integration. I’m sure you would agree.

]]> http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/11/the-nation-as-unit-of-analysis/#comment-7557 bjt@BJT.COM Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:44:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/11/the-nation-as-unit-of-analysis/#comment-7557 So why were you being so coy? Are you proposing WTO and NAFTA as the unit of analysis? I can think of no topic more sleep inducing than European integration. I'm sure you would agree. So why were you being so coy? Are you proposing WTO and NAFTA as the unit of analysis? I can think of no topic more sleep inducing than European integration. I’m sure you would agree.

]]> http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/11/the-nation-as-unit-of-analysis/#comment-7546 Will Wilkinson Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:26:03 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/11/the-nation-as-unit-of-analysis/#comment-7546 Really? Parts made in Korea, assembled in Mexico, sold in the US, governed by WTO and NAFTA rules? Really? Parts made in Korea, assembled in Mexico, sold in the US, governed by WTO and NAFTA rules?

]]> http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/11/the-nation-as-unit-of-analysis/#comment-7552 Will Wilkinson Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:26:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/11/the-nation-as-unit-of-analysis/#comment-7552 Really? Parts made in Korea, assembled in Mexico, sold in the US, governed by WTO and NAFTA rules? Really? Parts made in Korea, assembled in Mexico, sold in the US, governed by WTO and NAFTA rules?

]]> http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/11/the-nation-as-unit-of-analysis/#comment-7545 bjt@BJT.COM Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:06:45 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/11/the-nation-as-unit-of-analysis/#comment-7545 I don't get it. Aren't you talking about economics? A "polycentric system overlapping jurisdictions" would be the auto industry. I don’t get it. Aren’t you talking about economics? A “polycentric system overlapping jurisdictions” would be the auto industry.

]]> http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/11/the-nation-as-unit-of-analysis/#comment-7551 bjt@BJT.COM Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:06:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/11/the-nation-as-unit-of-analysis/#comment-7551 I don't get it. Aren't you talking about economics? A "polycentric system overlapping jurisdictions" would be the auto industry. I don’t get it. Aren’t you talking about economics? A “polycentric system overlapping jurisdictions” would be the auto industry.

]]> http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/11/the-nation-as-unit-of-analysis/#comment-7544 Will Wilkinson Sun, 12 Feb 2006 19:36:54 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/11/the-nation-as-unit-of-analysis/#comment-7544 You're right, no doubt. So what we need to know how to think about are polycentric systems of overlapping jurisdictions. You’re right, no doubt. So what we need to know how to think about are polycentric systems of overlapping jurisdictions.

]]> http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/11/the-nation-as-unit-of-analysis/#comment-7556 Will Wilkinson Sun, 12 Feb 2006 19:36:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/11/the-nation-as-unit-of-analysis/#comment-7556 You're right, no doubt. So what we need to know how to think about are polycentric systems of overlapping jurisdictions. You’re right, no doubt. So what we need to know how to think about are polycentric systems of overlapping jurisdictions.

]]> http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/11/the-nation-as-unit-of-analysis/#comment-7543 conchis Sun, 12 Feb 2006 14:26:39 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/11/the-nation-as-unit-of-analysis/#comment-7543 Of course, Jacobs was arguing in the other direction, no? For cities, rather than (super-)nations as the primary (if not the only) unit of analysis. Of course, Jacobs was arguing in the other direction, no? For cities, rather than (super-)nations as the primary (if not the only) unit of analysis.

]]> http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/11/the-nation-as-unit-of-analysis/#comment-7555 conchis Sun, 12 Feb 2006 14:26:00 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/11/the-nation-as-unit-of-analysis/#comment-7555 Of course, Jacobs was arguing in the other direction, no? For cities, rather than (super-)nations as the primary (if not the only) unit of analysis. Of course, Jacobs was arguing in the other direction, no? For cities, rather than (super-)nations as the primary (if not the only) unit of analysis.

]]> http://willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/11/the-nation-as-unit-of-analysis/#comment-7542 Will Wilkinson Sun, 12 Feb 2006 06:38:28 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/02/11/the-nation-as-unit-of-analysis/#comment-7542 Robert, I agree about the importance of institutions, and that institutions are often a state level phenomena. But it doesn't make sense to stop there. Because good institutions at the state level are precisely those that facilitate integration into international markets, taking advantage of the broadest system of specialization and exchange. And so, as I was saying, the better you do at the state level, the better positioned you are to take advantage of institutions that transcend the state. Robert, I agree about the importance of institutions, and that institutions are often a state level phenomena. But it doesn’t make sense to stop there. Because good institutions at the state level are precisely those that facilitate integration into international markets, taking advantage of the broadest system of specialization and exchange. And so, as I was saying, the better you do at the state level, the better positioned you are to take advantage of institutions that transcend the state.

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