GS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Europe 1, Feudalism, Barter
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Europe where the birth of the modern nation states. Define: state- politically organized ,internationally recognized , geographical area that processes sovernty. State used to describe govt- making up the rules and regulating them. Enforce rules through police serive, collects taxes, decide on issues of war, patrolling boarders. The govt - single most powerful association/ institution in any society. Define nation- a group with a shared cultural or ethnic identity (as opposed to a geographic entity) ie. fist nations cultural and ethnically linked to one another. Nation-state system- specific state one that provides a sovereign territory for nations ( a particular group of ppl similar cultures, ethics, values, speak the same language, behave to cultural norms. The connection between state and nation did not always exist national state new phenomenon marks the shift from other types of states that dominated before. Migration affects the build-up of the nation state.
