state

• self-determination - nation seeks to rule themselves. links to revoluationary movements e.g America, anti-colonialism is South America, Asia, Europe and Africa. Promoted by president woodrow wilson following WW1.
• Nation state: connecting collective national identity (language, culture, ethnicity, history, religion) with statehood. This state is sovereign and has international status.
• Some states are multinational e.g Britain and the Russian federation. some like the USA have shared values but people of many different national origins. Some nations dont have a state.
• Self determination

  • stems from enlightement ideas and the writing of Jean - Jacques Rousseau. In this period people sought self - determination and the ideas influenced revolutions in France and America. The link to demoncracy continued when empires fell and nations sought self determination
• self determinations woodrow

  • In 1918 Woodrow wilson set out principles:
  • Any recognisable nation that aspires to self government should be granted it
  • all states should respect the sovereignty of such nations
  • threats to sovereignty of these nations should be seen as a threat to the whole international community. - key to the League of Nations
• The nation state

  • nation state combines the idea of nationhood or collective idenetity with a political unit.
  • The nation is both a group held together by language, culture, ethnicity, common history or religion and a sovereign political unit
  • Forming a nation state is seen as key to self determination for post colonial nationalists.
  • Liberal internationalists want a world of independent nation -states
  • conservative nationalists see nation states as cohesive units that are bound together
  • Chauvinistic nationlists see the nation - states as the ideal, but only for the developed or strong
• Variation in nation -states

  • some states are multinational, with more than one national grouping
  • Some nations exists within another nation - state e.g Scottish and welsh in the UK. They may or may not seek independence but will seek respect for their language and culture
  • Some states don't contain a single national identity. Patriotism in these nations tend to focus on pride in the state or in diversity