Chapter 2- Textbook

Question 1

What is the State?

Answer 1

An independent, self-serving governing political community whose governing institutions have the capability to make rules that are binding on the popular residing in a particular territory.

Question 2

What does the Canadian state include?

Answer 2

federal and provincial gov’t, military and police forces, employees on various levels of gov’t, and crown corps.

Question 3

What kind of activities are states involved in?

Answer 3

• providing law and order
• stabilizing the economy
• providing health
• education
• social services
• environmental protection
• assisting the disadvantaged

Question 4

What is sovereignty?

Answer 4

the principle that state are the highest authority for their population and territory and are not subject to any external authority

Question 5

Are all states legally equal?

Answer 5

yes

Question 6

What is governance?

Answer 6

the making and implementing of decisions often with the involvement of state and non-state organizations

Question 7

What is a filed state?

Answer 7

a state that is unable to enforce laws, maintain order, protect the ives of citizens, and provide basic order.

Question 8

What is the nation-state?

Answer 8

A sovereign state based on people living in a country who share a sense of common identity as members of a particular nation

Question 9

What is a nation?

Answer 9

a group of people who share a sense of common identity and who typically believe they should be self-governing within their homeland

Question 10

What does Benedict Anderson mean when he describes a nation as an imagined community?

Answer 10

meaning that themembers of even the smallest nation will never know most of their fellow members, meet them, or even hear of them

Question 11

How do governments promote a national identity?

Answer 11

Try to replace local and regional dialects, cultures, and identities with national language, culture, and identity.

Question 12

What is nationalism?

Answer 12

the idea that the nation-state is the best from of political community, that a nation should have its own self-governing state, and that the interests, culture, and vales of the nation should be promoted.

Question 13

What is ethnic nationalism?

Answer 13

nationalism based on common ancestry along with the cultural traditions and language associated with a particular ethnic group.

Question 14

What is civic nationalism?

Answer 14

nationalism based on the shared political values and political history of those who are citizens of a country.

Question 15

What is national self-determination?

Answer 15

the idea that actions should have the right to determine their political status, including choosing to have their own sovereign state.

Question 16

What are binational or multinational states?

Answer 16

states whose populations are composed of two or more nations

Question 17

What is official multiculturalism?

Answer 17

the policy of recognizing the cultural diversity of the country and providing encouragement and support for those of different cultures to help them retain and foster their cultures and traditions.

Question 18

Is the nation-state the most desirable for of a political community?

Answer 18

In a nation-state things such as compromise, legitimacy, trust in gov’, stable democratic system, and commitment to advancement may be more easily achieved.

Question 19

What is citizenship?

Answer 19

the idea that a country’s permanent residents are full members of the political community with certain ties and rights.

Question 20

What si the concept of citizenship based on the view of?

Answer 20

that all citizens should be equal members of the political community.

Question 21

What is globalization?

Answer 21

the processes that are increasing the interconnectedness of the world. Some say the the modern state is declining in significance because globalization is making the boundaries of states less relevant.

Question 22

What is a key aspect of globalization that has important political implications?

Answer 22

the development of a global economic system in terms of production, trade, and finance.

Question 23

What can economic globalization increase?

Answer 23

economic efficiency (increasing competition, allow countries to focus on the products they can produce at lowest cost, using trade to obtain cheapest products and services).

Question 24

What is the risk with globalization?

Answer 24

Economic problems in one country can quickly spread around the world.

Question 25

What does economic globalization reduce?

Answer 25

the ability of national governments to manage their own economists.

Question 26

Why has globalization resulted in equalities within many countries?

Answer 26

multinational corporations gain influence, many move operations to low wage countries.

Question 27

How does cultural globalization involve spreading cultural products and values around the world?

Answer 27

the internet

Question 28

What is political globalization?

Answer 28

Institutions have developed to try to coordination the actions of states (European Union, TransPacific Partnership, etc) and countries have negotiated agreements that affect the politics they adapt. Many non-government organizations operate on a global scale seeing to influence politics in areas such as human rights, environment, etc.

Question 29

What may the pressures of economic competition encourage countries to do?

Answer 29

remove barriers to the global free market, reducing the role go gov’t in the economy.

Question 30

How can globalization lead to a strong national identity?

Answer 30

As people look for stability, expect their own state to deal with their concerns.

Question 31

How has it been argued that globalization is eroding the power of the nation-state?

Answer 31

By shifting power to a global scale and challenging the nation-state.