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Lesson 4 State and Nation in The Age of Globalization

1. A state is a political community that exercises sovereign authority over a defined territory through institutions like government. 2. A nation refers more to a cultural and identity group of people, while a state is a political entity with a government and sovereignty over a territory. 3. States and nations are interlinked concepts, as a nation shares the fact that it refers to a single group of people living together, though a state emphasizes this through political organization and a nation through cultural organization.

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Lesson 4 State and Nation in The Age of Globalization

1. A state is a political community that exercises sovereign authority over a defined territory through institutions like government. 2. A nation refers more to a cultural and identity group of people, while a state is a political entity with a government and sovereignty over a territory. 3. States and nations are interlinked concepts, as a nation shares the fact that it refers to a single group of people living together, though a state emphasizes this through political organization and a nation through cultural organization.

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STATE AND NATION IN

THE AGE OF
GLOBALIZATION
What is state?
State is a political community that has sovereign
jurisdiction over a clearly defined territory and
exercises authority through several institutions
including the government.
FIVE FEATURES OF A STATE:
1. It is a sovereign
2. Its institutions are public
3. It is an instrument of domination
4. It is a territorial association
FOUR ELEMENTS OF A STATE:
1. SOVEREIGNTY refers to both jurisdiction (the ability of a state to
exercise its authority over its territory and people) and independence
(the freedom from external control)
2. GOVERNMENT is the machinery of the state through which the
people’s will is formulated and carried out.
3. TERRITORY includes all the land, sea and airspace the state exercises
jurisdiction on.
4. PEOPLE is the organization of human beings living together as a
community.
TYPES OF STATES
EFFECTIVE WEAK FAILED

The state controls and Crime has penetrated No national government


taxes the entire territory politics. exists.
Laws are mostly obeyed. Government is weak in The state is ruled by
The state provides general fighting lawlessness, warlords, private army and
welfare and security corruption and poverty. militias.
There exists only minor Justice is bought and “Gun” is the law
corruption elections are often rigged. Education and health
Governmental revenues go standards decline.
to private pockets
Nation and state are two different but interlinked concepts.
Different in the sense that nation is a more cultural and identity-
based term, while state mainly refers to a political entity bounded
by a territory and headed by a government (Quilop, 2006). Both
nation and state share the fact that they refer to a single group of
people despite the difference on how these groups are organized,
with one stressing a more cultural organization and the other a
more political one.
GLOBALIZATION - Is the process through which
societies have become so intertwined or
interconnected that events and decisions in one
part of the world have significant effects on the
lives of people in the part of the world.
CHARACTERISTICS OF GLOBALIZATION

1. Declining relevance of geographical distance


2. Lessening significance of territorial boundaries
3. Deepening and broadening of political processes, such that the local,
national and,
4. Global events constantly interact.
FORMS OF GLOBALIZATION:

1. Economic Globalization
2. Cultural Globalization
3. Political Globalization
Complete the Venn Diagram below by citing the differences
and similarities between state and nation.

STATE NATION

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