POLA01H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Abet, Regla, Sultanate Of Ifat
17 Nov 2014
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A sovereign state whose citizens or subjects are relatively consistent in factors such as language or common descent. State: a set of institutions that possesses a monopoly on rule making and the legitimate use of force within a bounded territory powers collectively termed sovereignty". Sovereign: controls all internal affairs and has clear boarders (states) Nation: a group that exhibits how they came into being, solidarity in the face of other groups. Nationalism: an ideology that seeks to make the boundaries of states congruent with the boundaries of nations. The boundaries of a state should encompass a group of nations in a community nationalism is the ideology of nation. Nationalism is a political enterprise and national identification systems are made to signify their nation (e. g. country oaths; o"canada, celebrations; canada day, ceremonies, etc. ) Sovereign nation-states are the normal units of political life, so it is assumed that states contain nations: (e. g. canada contains canadians )
