POLS 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Comparative Advantage, Mercantilism, Proportional Representation
18 Oct 2016
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A nationalist is someone who has political aspiration, which usually involve creating some sort of political state. The small african country of rwanda, for example, has experienced probably the most extreme violence between the two principal ethnic groups, the hutu and tutsi both of which fear being dominated by the other. Nations and states both have the capacity to create solidarity and upheaval. An ethnic group can become a nationalist group if the acquire political aspirations (often involving the creation of a state) Were the nationalist aspiration of quebeckers to be realized then the borders of canada would have to be redrawn. The state becomes the embodiment of nationalist aspirations. As states developed internal divisions and identities would fade away (this theory did not turn out to be true). A new identity would be formed around new national symbols and ideas.
