State

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State
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core area
decolonization
federal state vs unitary
economic interdependence
devolution
industrialized economy
hegemonic power
state
sovereignty
succession
NATION
COUNTRY
STATE
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NATION-STATE
cultural boundaries territorial boundaries

territory
identity
NATION
STATE
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legal and territorial entity
sovereignty
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STATE
...constituted by society
...enmeshed in society
...shapes society
...regulates the conditions of our lives...
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territory
varies across
social economic intervention
space

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developing modern state
large market subject to single set of laws
Large, uniform pool of labour
goods transported readily
population held together with minimal difficulty
economic activities coordinated
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To the extent that one believes the state
emerged because it was made necessary by the
modern economy, its invention represents
politics as choice.
To the extent that one believes that it
developed because people could now be controlled
more easily, it represents politics as power.
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join international organizations
exchange ambassadors
legal
political
admin.
sign treaties
form alliances
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ONE STATE MAY BE THE HOST OF MANY NATIONS.
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NATION
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community identification
emotional
collective goal
NATION
recognition
psychological
shared values
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Govt
Canada a multinational entity
58 FIRST NATIONS
MILLIONS OF QUEBECOIS
IDENTIFY WITH EACH OTHER AS NATIONALS
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weaves together nationalities according to a
deliberate political design
determines official languages
manages a single currency
creates a uniform system of law
nation-state
controls the education system
fosters loyalty to an abstract entity
builds a national B
Social Political integration
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even individual European states are not made up
of one nation
European Community
What will it take to make Europeans feel strongly
European? educational programs European song
contest European flag European Currency Unit
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sovereignty
highest authority
absolute
regulation