1. Nationalism

2. State, Nation, or Nation-State?
STATE: A formal political entity/union (a country!)
Characteristics:
Defined territorial borders
Permanent population
Organized government & laws
Sovereignty (no higher authority)
Externally recognized
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
Shared culture
Shared language
Shared history
Shared 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. What is Nationalism? FEELING of pride in one’s nation
Significant POLITICAL MOVEMENTS in the 18th & 19th centuries in Europe
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

12. What is Nationalism?
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)

13. When Did Nationalism Develop?
After the age of Revolutions with the rise of the middle class
Changing loyalties…

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

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

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

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

18. Types of Nationalist Movements
Characteristics
Unification
Mergers of politically divided but culturally similar lands
Separation
Culturally distinct group resists being added to a state or tries to break away
State-Building
Culturally distinct groups form into a new state by accepting a single culture