Wimmer akufunsa funso lofunika kwambiri: chifukwa chiyani mgwirizano wa mayiko umapezeka m'mayiko osiyanasiyana, pamene ena akusokonekera? Iye akunena kuti kumanga dziko ndi njira yopita pang'onopang'ono komanso yobereka, yomwe kupambana kwake kumadalira kufalikira kwa mabungwe a anthu, kugwirizanitsa zinenero, ndi mphamvu za mayiko kuti apereke katundu wa boma kwa nzika zawo.
Mwachidziwitso, buku lake limatenga zaka mazana angapo ndi makontinenti angapo pogwiritsa ntchito mafananidwe a mayiko awiri ndi kusanthula ziwerengero. Wimmer amamanga, ndikuyambitsa, mwambo wautali mu sayansi ya chikhalidwe cha anthu okhudzidwa ndi mafunso akulu ndi zovuta zenizeni. Anandiuza kuti:
"Pazaka makumi awiri zapitazi, kafukufuku wa sayansi ya chikhalidwe cha anthu wayamba kuyang'ana kwambiri pa mafunso ang'onoang'ono ndi ang'onoang'ono omwe mayankho amphamvu athanthwe angapezeke, kuthawa zovuta za mbiri yakale kupita kumalo otetezeka a labotale kapena zochitika zachilendo za quasi-zoyesera zomwe dziko lachiyanjano limapereka. Akatswiri okhudzidwa ndi zochitika za mbiri yakale omwe amayesa kufananiza m'mikhalidwe yosiyana siyana amapeza kuti zimakhala zovuta kufotokoza zomwe achitazo. "
A Jury amagawana nkhawa za Wimmer pakukula kwa gawoli ndipo, posankha ntchito yake, akuwonetsa kuthandizira kwake pakufufuza kwakukulu kwa mbiri yakale.
Wimmer anati:
"Ndi mwayi waukulu kupatsidwa mphotho yotchedwa Stein Rokkan, yemwe amakhalabe chitsanzo cha momwe angayesere kufananiza pazandale komanso nthawi yayitali".
Mtsutso wonse wa Wimmer ndi wakuti kuphunzira za kumanga dziko kumafuna 'malingaliro a ubale ndi njira zopezera zisa.' Theka loyamba la bukhu lake likuwonetsa momwe kuyenda pang'onopang'ono ndi njira zoberekera zimapangira zochitika zakale m'magawo atatu amilandu yamayiko. Mu gawo lachiwiri, Wimmer amafufuza zowerengera pazambiri zamayiko, zomwe zikuwonetsa kuti ntchito yomanga maiko ndi yabwino kwambiri ngati akuluakulu aboma ali ndi luso loteteza katundu wa anthu, potero amakhala ogwirizana ndi nzika.
Pogwiritsa ntchito kafukufuku amene akukhudza mayiko 123 ndipo akuimira pafupifupi 92 peresenti ya anthu padziko lonse lapansi, Wimmer akunena kuti mphamvu zandale ndi kuimira n’kofunika kwambiri kuposa kuchuluka kwa anthu ang’onoang’ono ndi mafuko akamafotokoza kuti ndi anthu ati omwe amanyadira kwambiri dziko lawo. Kupyolera mu kusanthula kwamagulu ambiri, Wimmer akuwonetsa kuti kunyada kwadziko kumatsatira kuphatikizidwa kwandale.
National Building ndi buku lamphamvu, lolimba mtima komanso lokhutiritsa. Wimmer akupereka zonena zamphamvu zongopeka ndikugwiritsa ntchito njira zosiyanasiyana, kuchirikiza zonena zake ndi zambiri zomwe zakhala zaka mazana ambiri komanso mayiko ambiri.
Iye amaliza kuti kugwirizanitsa zinenero, kufalikira kwa mabungwe a anthu, ndi mphamvu za mayiko kuti apereke katundu wa boma kwa nzika zawo ndizofunikira kwambiri pomanga mayiko. Maluso awa okha ndi omwe adapangidwa ndi mawonekedwe abwino amikhalidwe komanso mbiri yakale komanso mbiri yakale.
Lingaliro la Wimmer's 'tectonic' la kumanga dziko limachenjezanso za malingaliro achidule a momwe angathandizire mayiko omwe alephera, omwe afala kwambiri mu mfundo zakunja zamasiku ano. Ngakhale kuti dziko lonse lapansi likufuna kuphatikizika ndi dziko lili bwino, maiko ena akukhalabe mumkhalidwe woipa, akuwoneka kuti sangakwanitse kukopa dziko, ndipo kukwezeleza demokalase sikungatheke kukonza izi.
Buku la Andreas Wimmer ndilothandizira kwambiri kuti timvetsetse mbiri yakale, madera osiyanasiyana, ndi mgwirizano wa mayiko pomanga maiko olimba ndi opambana.
Mamembala a Jury adagwirizana pakusankha wopambana, koma adafuna kutchula mayina ena awiri amphamvu:
Mphotho ya Stein Rokkan ya Comparative Social Science Research imaperekedwa ndi International Science Council (ISC), University of Bergen, Norway, ndi European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR). Mphothoyi idakhazikitsidwa ndi International Social Science Council ku 1981 kukondwerera cholowa cha Stein Rokkan. Stein Rokkan anali mpainiya woyerekeza kafukufuku wa ndale ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu, wodziwika bwino chifukwa cha ntchito yake yofunika kwambiri yokhudza dziko komanso demokalase. Wofufuza wanzeru komanso pulofesa ku yunivesite ya Bergen komwe adakhala nthawi yayitali pantchito yake, Rokkan analinso Purezidenti wa ISSC, komanso m'modzi mwa omwe adayambitsa ECPR. Mphothoyi imayendetsedwa ndi ECPR ndipo imathandizidwa mowolowa manja ndi University of Bergen.
Mndandanda wathunthu wa omwe adawina mphotho zam'mbuyomu ukupezeka pa Webusaiti ya ECPR.