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P OPULATION
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1. About population 2. Population Issues ¤
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P OPULATION Consent to rule Basic needs met Nationalism, patriotism as unifier
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N ATION V. N ATION -S TATE Nation Culturally and historically similar Feel a communal bond Want recognition Possible self-governance Nation-state Homogenous state Very few ethnic minorities in country NationNation-State SwedishSweden JapaneseJapan ThaiThailand SomaliSomalia NationCountry Arab Berber Moroccan Morocco Russian Chechnyan Turkic Caucasian Russia Spanish Basque Catalonian Spain Canadian Indigenous Quebecois Canada Zulu Xhosa Sotho Afrikaner South Africa
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Few States are Homogeneous = Problems
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P OPULATION I SSUES 3 Problems 1. One state, multiple nations <20% are nation-states Africa: 107 nations/ 54 states 2. One nation across multiple states 3. Nation without a state ¤
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Ethnic Groups Pashtun 42% Tajik 27% Hazara 9% Uzbek 9% Ismaili 4% Nuristani 4% Turkmen 3% Baluchi 2% P ROBLEM 1: O NE S TATE, M ULTIPLE N ATIONS
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A FRICAN H ETEROGENEITY http://www.artheos.org/cgi-bin/get.pl?c0=&c1=&c2=&lang=eng&pg=1&O=2126&P=2015
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P ROBLEM 2: O NE N ATION ACROSS S TATES Somalis Somalia Somaliland Puntland Djibouti Kenya Ethiopia http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/08/14/mapping-somalia/
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Nations Kurds 1 nation, 7 states Chechnyas Basques Catalans Québecois Others? P ROBLEM 3: N ATION WITHOUT A S TATE
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L ANGUAGE IN L ATVIA What is the situation in Latvia? How is this situation a population issue? Nationalism Public forum to discuss issues Forcing Latvian language in public schools minority unrest Outcome: rejected adding Russian as official language http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17083397 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17083397 Ethnic Russians = 1/3 population Required to learn Latvian for citizenship ¤
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NATO’ S R USSIAN C ITY What is the situation with Narva? Razed by SU colonized How is this situation a population issue? Nationalism Minority among Estonians Ethnic Russians = 83% of Narva’s population Citizenship is divided Estonian – 47% Russian -37% ¤
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P OPULATION R ECAP 4 qualities define state Population challenge One state, multiple nations One nation across multiple states Nation without a state ¤
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