identification of a group of individuals with a political entity defined in national terms‚ i.e. a nation. Others might say that nationalism is the belief that an ethnic group has a right to statehood. Benedict Anderson defines the nation as “an imagined political community – and imagined as both inherently limited and sovereign” (Anderson 6). Why imagined? It is imagined because “the members of even the smallest nation will never know most of their fellow members‚ meet them‚ or even hear of them‚ yet in
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A healthy society is a balanced society that work on all levels of life. A society is the sum of all individuals and organization operating within the nation‚ when a society doesn’t work it’s because the individuals and the groups are out of balance within themselves. A balanced society: There are two very important factors in a human’s life and by looking at those factors we can identify what create a balanced society. Family and friends: This part has to do with relationships‚ care taking and
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“Nationalism is a recipe for peace and international order”. Discuss. Nationalism is primarily the belief in bringing the borders of the state in line with the boundaries of the nation‚ yet within it exist many strands which disagree as to how this ought to be done. Liberal Nationalism champions the idea that nations are sovereign entities‚ entitled to liberty‚ and also possessing rights‚ most importantly the right of self-determination. Therefore Liberalism does not condone forms of foreign dominion
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1) Meaning of Ideology: Ideology means a closely organized system of beliefs‚ values‚ and ideas forming the basis of a social‚ economic‚ or political philosophy or program. It contains those ideas that a nation strives to accomplish in order to bring strength to its nationhood. 2) The Base of Pakistani Ideology: The Pakistani ideology is based on the Islamic ideology‚ which is quite obvious given the real reasons for the partition of the now Pakistan and India. The real
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language does not alter a nation. It binds the nation‚ but first we have to understand what a nation is. A nation is one that has been formed over many years and languages have been brought to us through imperialism‚ immigrants and time. We have to accept that‚ for most nations of the world to escape the profound experience of imperialism would be in fact to escape their own actual history. We cannot deny that there is an assortment of language‚ which abound this nation. However‚ we need to choose
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competition‚ nations have become more‚ not less important. As the basis of competition has shifted more and more to the creation and assimilation of knowledge‚ the role of the nation has grown. Competitive advantage is created and sustained through a highly localized process. Differences in national values‚ culture‚ economic structures‚ institutions‚ and histories all contribute to competitive success. There are striking differences in the patterns of competitiveness in every country; no nation can or
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Q.1: How did Nationalism and the idea of the Nation-State emerge? Ans: Till mid-eighteenth century most of the people around world did not have concept of nationalism i.e. about their nationality‚ their national identity etc. This is because at that time nations did not exist in their modern form. People lived within kingdoms‚ small states‚ principalities‚ chiefdoms and not within nations. The first clear expression of nationalism came with the French Revolution in 1789. Thus‚ the idea of nationalism
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Nation States Will Never Disappear Introduction The international system began to change after World War II. Realism was the predominate perspective for scholars. Realism believed that nation states acted in their own self interest without regard to the effect of their actions would have on other nation states. After World War II‚ scholars began to see the world as an intertwined spider web and countries will also have to begin to cooperate with one another due to the rise in globalization and shared
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London: Sage. Frederick‚ HH. 1993. Global communication & international relations. Belmont‚ CA: Wadsworth. Giddens‚ A. 1991. Modernity and self-identity: self and society in the late modern age. Cambridge: Polity Press. Habermas‚ J. 1998. The European nation-state: On the past and future of sovereignty and citizenship. Public Culture 10(2):397-416. Habermas‚ J Habermas‚ J. 2001. Why Europe needs a constitution. [O]. Available: Accesssed on 2003/05/07 Hall‚ S. 1996a. "Who needs ’identity ’ ?"‚ in Questions
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PO377 ETHNIC CONFLICT AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE Week 7: Ethnicity‚ Nations and Nationalisms Lecture Outline Conceptual Approaches to Ethnicity: Primordialism vs. Instrumentalism History and Nature of Nationalism(s) Ethnicity as primordial and ethnicity as instrumental Critique of primordialism Critique of instrumentalism Primordialism vs. modernism Civic nationalism and ethnic or ethnonationalism The nation-state Summary Primordialism vs. Instrumentalism Ethnicity as primordial
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