Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Nationstates, Ethnic Group, Civic Nationalism
15 Mar 2018
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Regionalism - forms: security regionalism, commit a treatment, to protect themselves, political regionalism. Like, africa union, to form a group and protect themselves: economic regionalism, european union. Middle position between states and globalization: larger markets, but protected against external rivals. Sense of integrity and value of national community: a stronger attachment than patriotism, commitment to nation"s political aspiration, to the political party, national identity, based on political aspirations, nation - state: State territory matches boundaries of national community: this is rare (france, italy, japan, most states are multi-national (canada, nigeria, national self-determination, the principle supporting the creation of nation - state. Cultural nationalism: nation builds on ethnic foundations: Jh herder: "natural" and durable: anthony smith: adapted to modernity, common justification for national liberation struggle, exclusive nationalism. Political nationalism: nation constructed on foundations of state, borders, citizenship, political principles. Inclusive, assimilationist nationalism: the nation is constructed, eric hobsbawm: "invented, benedict anderson: an "imagined community"
