POL 101W Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ethnic Cleansing, Reverse Discrimination, Connotation
18 Oct 2013
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Chapter 3: states and nations, cultural pluralism, nationalism, 90 percent of the countries are characterized by having a heterogeneous population; it is easy to see why political scientists are interested in cultural and ethnic diversity. This chapter examines the internal diversity of nation states in light of a belief system that profoundly shaped politics and events in the 20th century: nationalism. Its been suggested that the existence of nations is associated with the existence of ties of love or kinship. Citizens form a national family, immigrants are said to adopt countries that are not their native homes. More often, nationalism has been associated with hatred. Some viewed it as the most destructive force of the 20th century, the cause of violence, atrocity and incalculable human misery. An international prohibition against genocide was established in 1948 when the united. Nations adopted the convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide.
