Methodological Nationalism
Description
Peggy Levitt:
"Methodological nationalism is the tendency to accept the nation-state and its boundaries as a given in social analysis. Because many social science theories equate society with the boundaries of a particular nation state, researchers often take rootedness and incorporation in the nation as the norm, and social identities and practices enacted across state boundaries as the exception. But while nation-states are still extremely important, social life does not obey national boundaries. Social and religious movements, criminal and professional networks, and governance regimes, to name just a few, regularly operate across borders." (http://governancexborders.com/2010/07/25/transnational-studies-and-governance-4-transnational-studies-and-culture-in-motion/)