POLI 359 Lecture Notes - Jus Sanguinis, Nationstates, Jus Soli
10 Sep 2013
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When we talk about nation-states we go back to the defining characteristics of the state. (subjectively constituted) Argued it comes from the preexistence of a nation before the state was created in the first place (naturally created) state formed after the consensus within the nation to create an institutional format for the state. Multinational state political community that"s comprised of a whole number of nations (2 or more) national groups within the body of a particular state who can test the substance and the institutional structure of the state. Want to carve out own nation state. (example: old soviet union held within ussr against their will with force. Attacking identity of the people, led people to form ethnic nationalisms that were direct conflicts with the soviet unions themselves) Creates the glue by which consensus is maintained in that political structure. Political community comes first, and if its ever created, then the national identity. Appeared in africa, developing world in general.
