POL S261 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: National Myth, Nationstates, Rational Agent
20 Jan 2017
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The ir approach: you have to look at the world in a few different lenses. Nationalism reflects on the nation-state with different national actors. A way of bringing people together: the national myth (example: american dream, Ca(cid:374)ada"s cold weather, frie(cid:374)dl(cid:455) attitude of ca(cid:374)adia(cid:374)s, et(cid:272). State ideology: promote a commitment to some form of national community as a means of building and maintaining internal cohesions. Example: origin story of a nation-state important to understand the psyche of a nation. Nation-building/nationalistic ideology has three elements which distinguish it from other ideologies: Focus on identity of citizens with a community. They relate that community to a territory. They claim this relationship as a basis for political self-expression. Examples of how state ideology plays in international relations: Answer: i(cid:374)(cid:272)e ca(cid:374)ada"s state ideolog(cid:455) e(cid:373)phasizes the li(cid:271)eral de(cid:373)o(cid:272)rati(cid:272) adhere(cid:374)(cid:272)e to human rights, yes. Civil and political rights are a part of western nationalistic identity; there are particular norms and values that bind different nation states together.
