POLS 2950 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Imagined Community, Tribalism, Nationstates
21 Nov 2015
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C) state (cid:224) nation: panama, equivalent to a province of colombia till 1903, united states wanted to create a channel that would link the atlantic to the pacific, people living in panama wanted more jobs, and therefore wanted the channel because of it being a major boost to the local economy, panama separates from colombia, before this they did not think of nation. Political views can engenderer problems internationally and domestically; these can become a little problematic: this could lead to nationalist views of society such as us vs. them nationalism is a political ideology , manipulating the idea of nation to gain particular goals, economic, religious, cultural differences; ideal nation from this is important; there is something extra that united us regardless of our differences, creates intolerance, and suppresses dissent, and overlooking the class differences against us ; public policy is to address these fragments , obstacle to cooperation with international realm, organizations and very aggressive foreign policy.
