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Political Science

The document discusses the relationship between states and nations. It argues that nations often precede states, as national identity can exist without an independent political unit. However, when a nation gains its own state, this political extension helps consolidate the nation. Ultimately, the ideal alignment occurs when the boundaries of a nation and state align, forming a nation-state.

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Political Science

The document discusses the relationship between states and nations. It argues that nations often precede states, as national identity can exist without an independent political unit. However, when a nation gains its own state, this political extension helps consolidate the nation. Ultimately, the ideal alignment occurs when the boundaries of a nation and state align, forming a nation-state.

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POLSCIREVIEWER STATE VS NATION

• State contributes to the consolidation of the


nation
STATE • Nation is the foundation of the state
STATE (UPPERCASE S)
• Organization that has a number of political • Nations may or may not possess their own
functions and tasks states; national identity precedes the
• Synonymous to country; both mean self- emergence of a nation’s state
governing political entities • Nations may be growing and defining
• State is preferred because it is more formal themselves long before they gain their own
and less ambiguous states
• State (Lowercase S): • National identity may exist even though the
- A division of a federal state nation lives within a territory of a separate
- Within a country state

“STATELESS” WHEN A NATION OF PEOPLE HAS AN


• A society that is not governed by a state INDEPENDENT STATE OF THEIR OWN
• A stateless person is someone who does not
have a nationality of any country =
STATE AS THE POLITICAL EXTENSION
ELEMENTS OF THE STATE OF A NATION
• PEOPLE: Population living in a specific
territory; people should be self-sufficient +
• TERRITORY: Specific area inhabited by NATION IS AN EXPRESSION OF A
people; should be large enough to ensure STATE’S IDENTITY
self-sufficiency of people
• GOVERNMENT: agency which the will of the =
state is formulated on NATION STATE
• SOVEREIGNITY: power innate in a state to be Alignment between the political unit and the
free; international recognition as a state unit of culture

ORIGIN OF THE STATE CITY-STATE


• DIVINE RIGHT THEORY: Supreme being is • Sovereign state consisting of a city and it’s
responsible in forming a state; Monarch is dependent territories
believed to be chosen/sent
• SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY: State is formed GLOBALIZATION
when there is an agreement between an
• End of nation-state
organized government and the people
• Spread of products, technology, information,
governed
and jobs across national borders and
• FORCE THEORY: State came into existence
cultures.
out of conquest, force or coercion
• Interdependence of nations around the
• NATURAL THEORY: A natural institution;
globe fostered through free trade.
natural system ; has the capacity to grow,
develop and attain a fully civilized life
• PATRIARCHAL THEORY: State started from
small communities, villages and clans; father
is leader

NATION
• Group of people with a sense of unity and
identity
• “A socially constructed community”

NATIONALISM
• Leads to the formation of a country

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