Nationalism
State, Nation, or Nation-State?
• STATE: A formal political entity/union
(a country!)
Characteristics of a State:
1. Defined territorial borders
2. Permanent population
3. Organized government & laws
4. Sovereignty (no higher authority)
5. Recognized by other countries
Examples?
Examples: State
Countries!
State, Nation, or Nation-State?
• NATION: Group of people who see
themselves linked together in some
shared manner
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Such as shared…
ethnicity
culture
language
history
religion
Examples?
Examples: Nation
Palestine
Examples: Nation
Tibet
Examples: Nation
Cherokee
State, Nation, or Nation-State?
• NATION-STATE: A formal political unit
inhabited by people who share culture,
language, history, etc.
• State + Nation = Nation-State
Examples?
Examples: Nation-State
Israel
Examples: Nation-State
Japan
Examples: Nation-State
The U.S.
Even though we’re
different, we share
common culture!
State, Nation, or Nation-State?
• In Europe in 1815, only France,
England, and Spain could be called
nation-states
• But soon that would change as
nationalist movements achieved
success
What is Nationalism?
• FEELING of pride in one’s nation
• The ATTITUDE that the members of a nation have
when they care about their national identity
• The ACTIONS that the
members of a nation take
when seeking to achieve
(or sustain)
determination (autonomy)
self-
What is Nationalism?
• After the Age of Revolutions, it was the
growing BELIEF that people’s greatest
loyalty should not
be to a king or
empire, but to a
nation of people who
share a common
culture & history
Nationalism Develops When…
1. People become emotionally
attached to the territory that
they think
of as home
Nationalism Develops When…
2. People identify
themselves with
the country’s past
& future
Nationalism Develops When…
3. People speak the
same language
4. People share culture
(i.e. food,
dress, etc)
Nationalism Develops When…
5. Citizens work together for
some kind of national cause
– Example:
– Independence
Types of Nationalist Movements
Type
Characteristics
Examples
Unification
Mergers of politically
divided but culturally
similar lands
19th Century Germany
19th Century Italy
Separation
Culturally distinct
group resists being
added to a state or
tries to break away
State-Building
Culturally distinct
groups form into a new
state by accepting a
single culture
Greeks in the Ottoman
Empire
The United States