Citizens-State Relations: An Open Research Inventory

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-09-18
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22828536
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Political Conflict and Governance
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Citizens-State Relations: An Open Research Inventory

Younghoon Choi
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Political Conflict and Governance
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Citizens-State Relations: An Open Research Inventory

Younghoon Choi
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Abstract

This working note does not define citizen-state relations through a closed definition or a set of universal variables. Instead, it organizes relational dimensions observed in the literature as an open research inventory. It presents seventeen areas of observation - including roles and mutual positioning, relational content and distribution, time, information, work, participation, affect, interaction and change, recurrence, and mediation - together with an open question, “What else?” It distinguishes frequency of mention in the literature from frequency in actual citizen-state relations, and repeated citation fromindependent observation. Its purpose is to help future researchers select questions appropriate to their own materials and identify and extend relational dimensions not yet captured by the inventory. This project marks the practical conclusion of my interest in the relationship between the citizens and the state—a subject I have pondered for nearly 30 years since its inception without making any significant progress. Although I might return to it if a new spark of "living doubt" - honestly, a few things have alread shaped up - arises, I am stepping back for now with a light heart. I share this in the hope that it might prove useful to someone. Files with the same DOI are available here in two languages: one in English and the other in Korean.

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