nation state
(noun)
a political entity (a state) associated with a particular cultural entity (a nation)
Examples of nation state in the following topics:
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Introduction to Nation-States
- Although the definition, origins, and early history of nation state are disputed, nation state remains one of the central categories of the modern world.
- First, "Which came first, the nation or the nation state?"
- The Westphalian system did not create the nation state, but the nation state meets the criteria for its component states.
- Nation states use the state as an instrument of national unity, in economic, social, and cultural life.
- The most obvious impact of the nation state, as compared to its non-national predecessors, is the creation of a uniform national culture through state policy.
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Characteristics of the State
- To understand the differences between state and nation, consider an example like Poland.
- Thus, at times, members of the Polish nation have been governed by different states.
- Today, Poland's boundaries roughly align with the geographical area where the people of the Polish nation live, and thus Poland can be thought of as a nation state.
- The nation state is a state that self-identifies as deriving its political legitimacy from serving as a sovereign entity for a nation as a sovereign territorial unit.
- The term nation state implies that the two geographically coincide.
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The New Deal: Cooperative Federalism and the Growth of the National Government
- Cooperative federalism is a concept in which national, state and local governments interact cooperatively to solve common problems.
- Cooperative federalism is a concept of federalism where national, state and local governments interact cooperatively and collectively to solve common problems, rather than making policies separately but more or less equally or clashing over a policy in a system dominated by the national government.
- In the American federal system, there are limitations on national government's ability to carry out its policies through the executive branch of state governments.
- While the federal system places limits on the ability of the national government to require implementation by a state executive branch or its local political subdivisions, that limitation does not apply in the same way to state judicial systems.
- The Congress Building of the United States is the seat of national or federal government which governs cooperatively with state and local government.
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State and Local Party Organization
- The organization of parties is generally at three different levels: national, state, and local.
- The organization of parties is generally at three different levels: national, state, and local.
- The basic structure of a political party would be National Committees, Leadership, National Conventions, States and Localities, and informal groups.
- State parties exist in all fifty states, though their structures differ according to state law, as well as party rules at both the national and the state level.
- Review the organization of parties at the national, state and local level
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National Pride
- Art can be used to advance nationalistic goals by providing a state or nation with political and social legitimacy.
- Art can be used to advance nationalistic goals by providing a state or nation with political and social legitimacy.
- "Romantic nationalism" refers to the phenomenon by which a state derives power from the unity of those it governs, whether it be through culture, religion, customs, language, or race.
- The belief that nation states forming around unities in culture and ethnicity was in some sense "natural" was prominently held.
- The age-old notion of the state gaining political prowess through its artistic output still holds true.
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National Security Policy
- National security policies, designed to protect the state, include military security as well as non-military security.
- National security policies are policies related to the survival of the state.
- Security threats involve not only conventional foes, such as other nation-states, but also non-state actors, like violent non-state actors (al Queda, for example), narcotic cartels, multinational corporations and non-governmental organizations.
- Measures adopted to maintain national security have led to an ongoing tension between the preservation of the state, and the rights and freedoms of individual citizens within that state.
- In 1949, the Central Intelligence Agency (headquarters depicted here) was established to further the United State's national security.
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Providing National Security
- National security is the protection of the state through a variety of means that include military might, economic power, and diplomacy.
- National security, a concept which developed mainly in the United States after World War II, is the protection of the state and its citizens through a variety of means, including military might, economic power, diplomacy, and power projection.
- There are a variety of governmental departments and agencies within the United States that are responsible for developing policies to ensure national security.
- The Central Intelligence Agency is part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States.
- The White House National Security Council is the principal forum used by the President for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisers, and Cabinet officials.
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Nationalizing the Bill of Rights
- The Bill of Rights were included into state laws through selective incorporation, rather than through full incorporation or nationalization.
- The incorporation of the Bill of Rights (also called the incorporation doctrine) is the process by which American courts have applied portions of the United States' Bill of Rights to the states.
- This is referred to as "total" incorporation, or the "nationalization" of the Bill of Rights.
- Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black is noted for the complete nationalization of the Bill of Rights.
- Compare and contrast the difference between nationalization and selective incorporation of the Bill of Rights.
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Privacy Rights and National Security
- National security practices impact privacy rights for the well-being and domestic security of the United States.
- In the United States, the controversial USA Patriot Act has raised two main questions - to what extent should individual rights and freedoms be restricted and can the restriction of civil rights for the sake of national security be justified?
- The concept of national security became an official guiding principle of foreign policy in the United States when U.S.
- In the United States, the politically controversial USA Patriot Act and other government action has raised two main questions - to what extent should individual rights and freedoms be restricted and can the restriction of civil rights for the sake of national security be justified?
- United States President George W.
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The economic environment
- A nation's economic situation represents its current and potential capacity to produce goods and services.
- The industrialized nations are generally considered to be the United States, Japan, Canada, Russia, Australia, and most of Western Europe The economies of these nations are characterized by private enterprise and a consumer orientation.
- Finally, there are many less developed nations in today's world.
- The developing nations, on the other hand, have growing population bases, and although they currently import limited goods and services, the long-run potential for growth in these nations exists.
- Marketers in such nations must be educators, emphasizing information in their market programs.