Unit 1 Flashcards
(23 cards)
International
Between countries or nation states
Nation state
A country that has physical borders and a single government
Patriotism
Love if country and interest in its well being
Ethnic
Racial, cultural, or linguistic characteristics
Self determination
The power to control ones affairs
Sovereignty
The political authority to control ones affairs
Civic nation
A nation created by people who agree to live according to particular values and beliefs expressed as the rule of law
Ethnic nationalism
Nationalism founded on shared ethnicity, culture, and language
Collective consciousness
An international consciousness or awareness shared by many people
Rhetoric
The art of shaping language to influence the thoughts and actions of an audience
Contending loyalties
Loyalties that compete. People sometimes need to choose among various loyalties based on their commitment to these loyalties
Cultural pluralism
A belief or doctrine that holds that collectives should be encouraged to affirm and promote their unique cultural identity in a diverse society
Reasonable accommodation
Legal and constitutional concept that requires Canadian public institutions to adapt to the religions and cultural practices of minorities as long as these practices don’t violate constitutional rights and freedoms
Sovereignists
People who support the idea of Quebec becoming an independent nation state that can control its own destiny
Federalists
People who support a federal system of government
Reconciliation
An act of resolving differences and repairing relationships that enables people to come to terms with past injustices and coexist in peace
Royal commission
An independent public inquiry established by governments to examine complicated issues, hear a testimony from people involved and rev commended ways of achieving a resolution
Non nationalist loyalty
A loyalty that is not embedded in the idea of a nation. People may be loyal to and identify with family, friends, a region, an idea, a collective or a group, a way of life, and a culture
Inflation
A rise in prices accompanied by a drop in the purchasing power of money
Alienation
Experience of being left out or being on the outside
Segregation
The forced separation of racial groups
Eight understandings of nation
Language - québécois Ethnicity- racial cultural or linguistic Culture- aboriginal Canadians Religion Geography Relationship to land Spirituality Politics
National myths
Ex for Canada
Shared stories and ideas about a nation that may or may not be true
Ex: all hockey players, great white north
