POLSCI 2I03 Chapter Notes -Francis Fukuyama, Endemic Warfare, Individual And Group Rights
11 Nov 2013
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Globalization and erosion of national loyalties and encouragement of closer identification with distant peoples is one of the most important questions of the contemporary era. Realists argue that the use of force to oust the taliban in afghanistan and to remove. Saddam hussein as part of the so-called war n terror provided a sharp reminder of the continuing centrality of power politics. Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction may result in a new era of inter-state rivalries. Many territorial states that established the first overseas empires turned into nation-states. Two reasons for overall development: rise of industrial capitalism, endemic warfare. States played a role in creating national identities. Warfare was crucial for the transition from the territorial to the national state. Turning point was 1789 french revolution created the nation in arms and national conscription: nationalism has been the ideology with the greatest influence on the evolution of political communities.
