Nationalism

State, Nation, or Nation-State? STATE: A formal political entity/union (a country!) Characteristics of a State: Defined territorial borders Permanent population Organized government & laws Sovereignty (no higher authority) Recognized by other countries Examples?

Examples: State Countries!

State, Nation, or Nation-State? NATION: Group of people who see themselves linked together in some shared manner Such as shared… ethnicity culture language history religion Examples?

Examples: Nation Palestine

Examples: Nation Tibet

Examples: Nation Cherokee

State, Nation, or Nation-State? NATION-STATE: A formal political unit inhabited by people who share culture, language, history, etc. State + Nation = Nation-State Examples?

Examples: Nation-State Israel

Examples: Nation-State Japan

Examples: Nation-State The U.S. Even though we’re different, we share common culture!

State, Nation, or Nation-State? In Europe in 1815, only France, England, and Spain could be called nation-states But soon that would change as nationalist movements achieved success

What is Nationalism? FEELING of pride in one’s nation The ATTITUDE that the members of a nation have when they care about their national identity The ACTIONS that the members of a nation take when seeking to achieve (or sustain) self-determination (autonomy)

What is Nationalism? After the Age of Revolutions, it was the growing BELIEF that people’s greatest loyalty should not be to a king or empire, but to a nation of people who share a common culture & history

Nationalism Develops When… People become emotionally attached to the territory that they think of as home

Nationalism Develops When… People identify themselves with the country’s past & future

Nationalism Develops When… People speak the same language People share culture (i.e. food, dress, etc)

Nationalism Develops When… Citizens work together for some kind of national cause Example: Independence

Types of Nationalist Movements Characteristics Examples Unification Mergers of politically divided but culturally similar lands 19th Century Germany 19th Century Italy Separation Culturally distinct group resists being added to a state or tries to break away Greeks in the Ottoman Empire State-Building Culturally distinct groups form into a new state by accepting a single culture The United States