Nationalism

Question 1

ethnic nationalism

Answer 1

• ethnic identity,
• ethnicity: attributes, soc. institutions that make groups different
• language, religion, customs, history, physical characteristics
• ascriptive, deeper lineages
• Israel, law of return: gives jews right to return, live in israel, gain citizenship

Question 2

nationalism

Answer 2

• feeling of membership in a nation
• creative force: generate nation-states, popular sovereignty
• destructive force: challenge states, civil conflict, negative emotions
• adoption of the union flag

Question 3

nation

Answer 3

• cultural grouping of individuals who associate with each other based on collectively held political identity
• more personal than the state
• physiological, emotional, common fate

Question 4

civic nationalism

Answer 4

• based on political principles
• american, french identities
• in theory, anyone can be a member

Question 5

nation-state

Answer 5

• state encompassing one dominant nation that it claims to embody and represent
• doesn’t mean only one nation present
• emotional, psychological content
• uniform national culture

Question 6

secessionism

Answer 6

• attempt by national minority to exercise self-determination
• join another state or form their own
• risks of secession: civil war, ethnic cleansing, unviable states

Question 7

irridentism

Answer 7

• territorial claims made by a state or national group to lands that lie within another state
• Kashmir disputed over by india and pakistan

Question 8

state-nations

Answer 8

• multi-cultural, multi-national
• national identity w/ territorial basis
• divisions are managed
• popular loyalty to the state
• normative (nation and state need not coincide, states should accommodate national minorities)
• policies: decentralized power, power sharing, recognition, civic nationalism
• example: india