State and Nation Flashcards
what is a state?
is a community of persons more or less numerous,
permanently occupying a definite portion of territory, having a
government to which the great majority of people render obedience
and enjoys freedom or sovereignty from external control.
what are the elements of a state?
people, territory, government, sovereignty
its population?
people
the definite portion of the earth over which the state jurisdiction extends?
territory
the
agency through which the
will of the state is enforced.
government
– is the
supreme, absolute and
uncontrollable power by
which an independent
state is governed.
sovereignty
what are the 4 theories on the origin of states?
divine right
force or necessity
paternalistic
social contract
The state is of
divine creation and the rulers were
ordained by God to rule.
divine right
theory where The
state was created when some strong
warrior imposed his will on the other
members of the community. He
protects them; they support him?
force or necessity
theory where The state was
formed through the enlargement of the
family.
paternalistic
The state was
created when people entered into a voluntary
agreement to live together (the social phase) and to
establish a government (the political phase)
social contract theory
a state is _____- concept
a nation is ______ concept
STATE POLITICAL
NATION ETHINIC
refers to a people existing in an organized society, inhabiting a portion of
the earth, speaking the same language, having the same customs, possessing the
same historic continuity and distinguished from other groups by their racial origins
and characteristics, and generally living under one government and sovereignty
NATION
properly refers to a state whose territorial extent coincides with that
occupied by a distinct nation or people, or at least, whose population shares a
general sense of cohesion and adherence to a set of common values
NATION STATE
T/F A State can’t exist without people;
T