1. Nationalism

2. 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?

3. Examples: State
Countries!

4. 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?

5. Examples: Nation
Palestine

6. Examples: Nation
Tibet

7. Examples: Nation
Cherokee

8. 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?

9. Examples: Nation-State
Israel

10. Examples: Nation-State
Japan

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

12. 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

13. 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)

14. 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

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

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

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

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

19. 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