POLI 1P95 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Maple Syrup, Tim Hortons, Ethnic Conflict

• School: Brock University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 1P95
• Professor: Sanjay Jeram

Document Summary

Nationalism; is an ideology that argues that the nation and a state should co-inside. The argument that every nation should have a state. There has to be a territorial component; we rely on a state to create a nation. The nation state, has a state that it can rely on. State; internationally recognized borders, sovereignty, the state can make decisions that are binding. To have people not to contest for the state in the name of the nation. i. e. fighting for the american nation. To have a emotive attachment to want what the nation wants. Some would argue that it is about hockey, maple syrup, What is ethnic conflict: conflict; to actors with goals; they believe their goals are just. A word on violence: violence is an expression of grievance when there is no other solution. Ethno-nationalists- they have a clear understanding of their homeland a common ethnic identity: i. e. acehnese in indonesia.