POLSCI 2I03 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Realpolitik, Falsifiability, Statism
22 Feb 2018
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Global politics: midterm notes: empirical issues: specific observations, what we can perceive, evidence/ data, e. g. - events, issues, problems, actors, institutions, case studies, debates, theoretical tools: explanations, abstract thinking, generalizations e. g. - concepts and terms, metaphors, framings, principles, patterns. History and change in global relations (lecture2) Nation- state: the state is the form of human community that successfully lays claim to the monopoly of legitimate physical violence within a particular territory- and this idea of territory" is an essential defining feature. Patriotism: is having strong feelings of support or pride for one"s political state. Nationalism: is a political doctrine which holds that the political and national unit should be congruent this means that people who are nationalist believe that the bloodlines should overlap with state borders. To make them politically congruent has always been hard because people move. Ethnic nationalism : stresses specific elements such as common language, race, religion and ancestry, often in a context of xenophobia and exclusion.
