GS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Nationstates, Territorial Integrity, Migration Period
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A nation refers to a group of people who regard themselves as being one people a folk, by virtue of culture rooted in: A sense of belonging together as a meaningful group based on shared culture: common language, shared historical experiences, religious beliefs and cultural practices, diet/cuisine, dress, music, etc. Institutionalized and patterned set of beliefs, values, behaviours, and practices: beliefs, values, behaviours, practices, artifacts/cultural products, traditions/rituals. People seeing themselves as being separate and distinct from other groups . The drive of a nation to get its own state having its own identity. Refers to the political entity in a given territory. In the modern system of governance, the mechanisms of power are heavily influenced by the state: economic, cultural, military. Responsible for making and enforcing rules that regulate the collective life of a people, and thereby make an orderly social life possible on a given territory its affairs. Nation-state one nation (cultural group) in one territory with control over.
