their country without hating or discriminating other countries and cultures. They should help and serve others selflessly‚ no matter their nationality. Finally‚ a true patriot should stand for their country‚ and realize it is not perfect and that all nations have their faults. A true patriot is someone who can have pride in their country‚ and also respect other countries and nationalities for what they are‚ human beings. They can love and have pride without taking that away from others‚ simply because
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Renan in his essay called “What is nation?” attempts to define the legitimate nation. He claims in his essay: “Forgetting‚ I would even go so far as to say historical error‚ is a crucial factor in the creation of a nation‚ which is why progress in historical studies often constitutes a danger for [the principle of] nationality” (Renan). This paper will criticize this sentence in terms of how the term “forgetting” can be one of the most crucial factors by defining nation. Ernest Renan counts
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Class #2- January 28‚ 2013 Review * Distinction between Nation & States * Nation Is more of a cultural thing * States is more of a political thing * Some nations can exist but not be part of a given state * Idea came from a British liberal named Jeremy Bentham * Worried more in this class about the different Nation-States * Use this term for what is normally referred to as “Countries” * Countries= varied interactions * Cooperation
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Nation and State Nation and State are two terms that are used interchangeably by many people. This is not correct. Nation is an abstract concept where there is a union of people based on similarities in linguistic pattern‚ ethnic relationships‚ cultural heritage‚ or even simple geographic proximity. State on the other hand is a politically organized body of people usually occupying a definite territory‚ especially one that is sovereign. States govern a territory using their laws. Unlike States‚ Nations
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INTRODUCTION Nigeria is a multi-ethnic nation with various cultural groups that are about three hundred in number. In 1947‚ Nigeria was not yet a nation. Nigeria now has been a multi-national society‚ one of the sociological problems of building Nigeria as a nation is multi-ethnicity with its concomitants such as multilingualism and completive ethnicity. There were varieties of lines which existed between the various states and people which were the predecessors of modern Nigeria. But on the
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League of Nations Background 0 America entered World War One in 1917. The country as a whole and the president - Woodrow Wilson in particular - was horrified by the slaughter that had taken place in what was meant to be a civilised part of the world. The only way to avoid a repetition of such a disaster‚ was to create an international body whose sole purpose was to maintain world peace and which would sort out international disputes as and when they occurred. This would be the task of the
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The League of Nations Recommended Resources: Course Companion pp. 52-59‚ Waugh pp. 128-132‚ Walsh pp. 184-209‚ Williamson pp. 78 -85 Terms to Know Collective Security- a system of maintaining world peace and security by concerted action on the part of the nations of the world Enforcement- To impose Rapallo Treaty - The Treaty of Rapallo was an agreement signed in the Italian town of Rapallo on April 16‚ 1922 between Germany (the Weimar Republic) and Soviet Russia under which each renounced
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The League of Nations 1. The body that was formed out of Wilson’s 14 Points was called the League of Nations. (a) The League’s aims and objectives were set in 26 articles known as the Covenant. (b) President Wilson was hoping that the League would unite against any future international wars. (c) The League of Nations offered the idea of collective security. This meant those countries would act together if any member were threatened by any hostile state. 2. In the beginning the League did have
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The United Nations The United Nations is an organization of sovereign nations not a world government. It provides the machinery to help find solutions to disputes or problems‚ and to deal with virtually any matter of concern to humanity. It does not legislate like a national parliament. But in the meeting rooms and corridors of the UN‚ representatives of almost all countries of the world large and small‚ rich and poor‚ with varying political views and social systems have a voice
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United Nations in India United Nations in the India is led by the UN Resident Coordinator‚ Mr. Patrice Coeur-Bizot‚ who is the designated representative of the UN Secretary General and leader of the UN Country Team. The UN Country Team‚ which consists of Heads of UN Agencies‚ steers the work of the UN within India. The Resident Coordinator mechanism focuses on Joint Programmes‚ Teams (security‚ disaster‚ operations‚ AHI)‚ Advocacy with national and provincial elected representatives‚ UNDAF
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