Palestinian nationalism

Nationalism as Civil and Ethnic Divides Philosophers and scholars recognize a group of factors that may account for influences of nationality. John Stuart Mill lists a series of practical factors rooted in tangibility including race, religion, language and geography. These factors serve as a basis to unite certain homogenous groups within a state, while delegitimizing others. Taking a more intangible approach, Lord Actor writes about the opportunity, and somewhat destiny, nations have in creating

In our modern world many of the traditional boundaries and barriers between nations have become obsolete. Information, products, services, and culture can be shared around the world at a faster pace than ever before. The ease at which we can communicate challenges the need for rigid and highly structuralized systems. This in turn leads to debate over the necessity of the nation state. However, like most things in this world the answer is not black or white, but rather a shade of grey. Nation states

Koral Zazueta PSCI 241 – Essay #1 Kohli identified Cohesive-Capitalist state in South Korea as being the most effective in fostering industrialization because of its centralized cohesive state authority and close relationship between the state and the capitalist class. The Neo-patrimonial state in Nigeria is characterized by a weak decentralized authority and consists of a corrupt relationship between the state and the private sector, which makes it least effective. The Fragmented-Multiclass state

A person has absolutely no choice in what country he or she is born in, yet it is commonly assumed for one to be proud of that meaningless country, then openly criticized when the expectation is not met. This sense of superiority over other countries, full of human beings with feelings and desires who are no different than another’s, is nothing more than a division of geographical birth places. Ultimately, patriotism causes arbitrary detachments between human beings for illogical reasons. It is fueled

The main problem for Carrier is whether or not they should continue to save jobs in the United States or stay with their plan on moving the labor forces to Mexico. Their decision to relocate labor to Mexico would mean $65 million annually in savings, but the major controversy with Trump trying to save American jobs makes the decision more difficult and complicated. Carrier must decide if it is worth it to give into Trump’s threat about taxing them 35%, in addition to receiving $7 million in tax incentives

The idea of national self-determination is beneficial to those living in a nation-state, however, the prerequisites required to make it available to many is too difficult to attain. Nation-states are said to be the ideal regime: a system by the people, for the people. However, things in theories do not always work out in practice. In this paper, I will explore concepts regarding self-determination through its definitions, origins, theories, and practices, following with a number of complications

How Identity Movements Shape Politics In an age of globalization and the rapid spread of social movement ideologies and frames, it is imperative to ask what are the result of such movements, and while analyzing the broad range of social movements may seem like a Herculean task, a closer look at identity movements offers a more conclusive answer. Identity movements use particular identities to group together similar peoples on the basis of social, ethnic, or religious similarities in a movement

This report aims to critically analyse the methodological, theoretical and philosophical issues surrounding the study conducted by Ho Keat Leng, Tzu-Yin Kuo, Grain Baysa-Pee and Josephine Tay (2012); “Make me proud! Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games and its effect on National pride of young Singaporeans, An assessment to determine whether there is any changes in the level of national pride in the hosting of the Youth Olympic Games which was held in 2010 in Singapore" (hereafter referred to as

Liberation Based Ideologies "We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed... There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of despair... Like a boil that can never be cured so long as it is covered up but must be opened with all its ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must be exposed, with all the tension its exposure

Words like country, nation, state, and even nation-state are used to define social, cultural and political relationships in the United States and around the world. There are many defining characteristics that allow countries and groups of countries to understand each other, and in some cases, for unions. The purpose of this essay is to briefly discuss nations, states, and nation states, how the United States constitutes a nation state, and the European Union. A nation is a union of people who share