Nation

Question 1

NATION

Answer 1

The nation is a cultural entity, a body of people bound together by a shared cultural heritage. It is not, therefore, a political association nor is it necessarily linked to a particular territorial area

Question 2

CULTURAL NATIONS

Answer 2

Phrase coined by Friedrich Meinecke

Question 3

Dawkins

Answer 3

Tendency for individuals to form kinship groups is rooted in human genes

Question 4

Anthony Smith

Answer 4

Nationalism can often be cultural in character, rather than political

Question 5

POLITICAL NATIONS

Answer 5

Phrase coined by Friedrich Meinecke

Question 6

Anderson

Answer 6

Nations exist as ‘imagined communities’ rather than genuine communities, as not everyone has met everyone with whom he supposedly shares a cultural identity

Question 7

Ernest Gellner

Answer 7

Nationalism entails an aspiration to self-governance and independence

Question 8

Bodin

Answer 8

Sovereignty is ‘the most high and perpetual power’ – Without it , there would be disorder, chaos, anarchy.

Question 9

Dicey

Answer 9

Sovereignty can be divided into ‘legal’ and ‘political’ sovereignty

Question 10

Hobbes

Answer 10

Sovereignty is a monopoly of coercive force – should be vested in the hands of a single ruler . Sovereignty in terms of power not authority