Geopolitics Flashcards
1
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What is a state?
A
A form of authority. Exercise of territorial sovereignty. Unofficially marked by seat at UN
2
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What is a nation?
A
A kind of community, homeland
- “people whose members are bound together by a sense of solidarity rooted in a historic attachment to a homeland” (Johnston et al, 2000)
- many nations aspire to statehood yet most do not attain it (indigenous groups etc)
- many nations may make up a state
3
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Nation-state?
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Ideal combination of nation and state whereby the boundaries of the nation directly map onto those of the state. Uncommon (Japan, Iceland, Portugal)
4
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Nation to state ratio?
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Many more nations to states. 500+ nations, 193 seats at UN
5
Q
Relationships between nations and states?
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Often complex and fractious e.g. UK Scottish independence (political not militaristic)
6
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What is citizenship?
A
A political concept that is fundamentally about the state
