PO101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Melting Pot, Canadian Identity, Nationstates
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Sovereignty - supreme authority in a political community. International law is oriented to the establishment of minimal rules of coexistence. The nation is the sole source of political power. To be free, individual must ebling to a nation. Nation building, nationalism, its building blocks and national identity. Ideology that embodies a particular set of assumptions and beliefs about politics. Nationalism is a modern answer to the age-old question. What represents the social basis of political authority. Form of political organization, autonomous political community bound together by overlapping bonds of citizenship and nationality, and political ideal. 200 years ago - less than twenty states in the world. Some are still not recognized by the un. Political understanding of nation building is more prevalent in western europe, where state was present prior to the 18th century. Cultural concept of a nation is more prevalent in eastern europe that was under the control fo several empires.
