SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Negative And Positive Rights, Nationstates, Imagined Community
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If they say english speaking to a nation. Links up topic of politics and citizenship. Measure ways in which people feel nationality. Nationalism is both something rallies people together and divides them. Shared set of symbols of nation common bond. Nations are exclusionary some who are apart of this nation and some who are not. Binds people together and makes them feel like something bigger. Also a set of boundaries that includes or excludes people. Based on a territory, clear cut boundaries. Centre of power some form of government. Everyone who visits a state has to follow the centre power. Authority of the state are the ones in charge. Have a monopoly over legitimate means of violence. Not in an individual"s hand to restore justice. Centralized power are the only ones who can eat out justice. Have the sole right to apply coercive force. Have the right to take away people"s liberty. Not respecting the state"s monopoly is being resisted.
