STATE AND NATION Flashcards
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is a community of persons more or less numerous,
permanently occupying a definite portion of territory, having a
government to which the great majority of people render obedience
and enjoys freedom or sovereignty from external control
State
Elements of State
People
Territory
Government
Sovereignty
it is the population
people
the definite
portion of the earth over
which the state’s
jurisdiction extends
territory
the
agency through which the
will of the state is enforced.
Government
is the
supreme, absolute and
uncontrollable power by
which an independent
state is governed
Sovereignty
The state is of
divine creation and the rulers were
ordained by God to rule.
Divine Right Theory
Dictators throughout
history used this theory to
justify their tyrannical rule
Divine Right Theory
The
state was created when some strong
warrior imposed his will on the other
members of the community.
Force or Necessity Theory.
The state was
formed through the enlargement of the family.
Paternalistic Theory.
He
protects them; they support him.
Force or Necessity Theory.
The state was
created when people entered into a voluntary
agreement to live together and to
establish a government
Social Contract Theory.
based on the social contract theory voluntary
agreement to live together is what phase?
social
based on the social contract theory what phase is establish a government
political
The contract calls for the people to support the
state and for the state to protect the people.
social contract theory
If the government becomes corrupt and decadent,
then the people could rise up and overthrow that
government and replace it witha better one
social contract theory
encourages a
revolution if it would result to the betterment of
the state
social contract theory
it is a political concept
state
it is an ethnic concept
nation
e f e r s t o a p e o p l e e x i s t i n g i n a n o r g a n i z e d s o c i e t y ,
i n h a b i t i n g a p o r t i o n o f t h e e a r t h , s p e a k i n g t h e s a m e l a n g u a g e ,
h a v i n g t h e s a m e c u s t o m s , p o s s e s s i n g t h e s a m e h i s t o r i c
c o n t i n u i t y a n d d i s t i n g u i s h e d f r o m o t h e r g r o u p s b y t h e i r r a c i a l
o r i g i n s a n d c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s , a n d g e n e r a l l y l i v i n g u n d e r o n e
g o v e r n m e n t a n d s o v e r e i g n t y
nation
T/F: state can exist without nation
F
T/F; Nation can exist without state
T
p r o p e r l y r e f e r s t o a s t a t e w h o s e t e r r i t o r i a l e x t e n t
c o i n c i d e s w i t h t h a t o c c u p i e d b y a d i s t i n c t n a t i o n o r p e o p l e , o r a t
l e a s t , w h o s e p o p u l a t i o n s h a r e s a g e n e r a l s e n s e o f c o h e s i o n a n d
a d h e r e n c e t o a s e t o f c o m m o n v a l u e s .
Nation-state
examples of nation-state
Sweden
denmark
finland
portugal
japan
korea
