features, similarities and differences between the concepts of State and Nation

1. STATES & NATIONS

2. VENN DIAGRAM OF STATE & NATION
NATION
STATE

3. Differences between a State and Nation
•State and Nation are DISTINCT entities.
•The State is a State because it is sovereign.
•The State is a political concept while Nation is
primarily a cultural and spiritual concept.
•Laws bind the people together in a State.
Unity is external and imposed.

4. Differences between a State and Nation
•An element of force is connected with
the State while Nation is more on
element of emotion.
• Elements are definite in a State.
•A State may be larger or smaller than a
nation

5. NATION
•A historically constituted stable community
of the people formed on the basis of a
common language, territory, ethnicity,
tradition, economic life and psychological
make-up manifested in a common culture.

6. STATE
•A community of persons more or less
numerous, permanently occupying a definite
portion of territory, having a government of
their own to which the great body of
inhabitants render obedience and enjoy
freedom from external control.

7. ORIGIN OF A STATE
•DIVINE RIGHTTHEORY
•NECESSITY/FORCETHEORY
•PATERNALISTICTHEORY
•SOCIAL CONTRACTTHEORY

8. DIVINE
RIGHT
THEORY

9. NECESSITY/ FORCETHEORY

10. PATERNALISTICTHEORY

11. SOCIAL
CONTRACT
THEORY

12. SOCIAL CONTRACTTHEORISTS

13. •Nation-state, a territorially
bounded sovereign polity—i.e., a
state—that is ruled in the name of
a community of citizens who
identify themselves as a nation.
(Britannica.com)

14. ELEMENTS OFTHE STATE
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15. GLOBALIZATION
ECONOMY
CULTURE
POLITICS

16. Global Politics and International Relations
Issues and Concerns
• Statelessness
• Armed conflict andTerrorism
• Nuclear weapons & Disarmament
• Territorial Disputes
• Cybercrimes
• Piracy
• Firearms Smuggling
• HumanTrafficking
• Genocide/ Ethnic cleansing
• Narcotrafficking
• Money laundering
International Policies
• “Soft Power & Hard Power”
• Diplomatic Relations
• Foreign Services
• Treaties and Agreements
• Regional Cooperation
• International & Regional Organizations