GS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Territorial Integrity, Nationstates
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Gs101 - lecture 5 - the modern system of governance part 2. A state refers to the government of a country. This is the group of people responsible for making and enforcing the rules that regulate the collective life of a people and thereby make an orderly social life possible on a given territory (orend, 7) Nation-state: one nation (cultural group) in one state (territory) Sovereignty: non-interference into a state"s internal workings is paramount (nobody can tell us what to do, and we can"t tell anyone else what to do) Territorial integrity: a state can do whatever it wants with its own borders. One nation per state assumes homogeneity (sameness) of culture within territorial boundaries *(this is unrealistic in a global age) Easier to maintain europe 300 years ago. Colonial settler societies (ex canada, usa, australia) have never been homogenous (because of immigration) Citizenship: undivided loyalties to one particular place, one particular way of life.
