Traducción del texto José Itzigsohn, "Class, Race, and Emancipation: The Contributions of The Black Jacobins and Black Reconstruction in America to Historical Sociology and Social Theory". The CLR James Journal, 19-1/2, 2013, pp.177-198. (DOI: 10.5840/clrjames2013191/211.) Traducción de Laura Judit Alegre, incluidas las citas bibliográficas. Publicación debidamente autorizada por la revista. Se respeta el sistema de citación de la edición original. Este texto tiene leves modificaciones propuestas por el autor del texto original.

This article addresses two shortcomings in the literature on nationalism: the need to theorize transformations of nationalism, and the relative absence of comparative works on Latin America. We propose a state-focused theoretical framework, centered on conflicts between states elites and social movements, for explaining transformations of nationalism. Different configurations of four key factors — the mobilization of excluded elites and subordinate actors, state elites’ political control, the ideological capacities of states, and polarization around ethnoracial cleavages — shape how contrasting trajectories (...) of nationalism unfold over time. A comparative analysis of early– and mid–twentieth century Mexico, Argentina, and Peru illustrates the explanatory power of our theoretical framework. (shrink)