Compare And Contrast ‘State’ And ‘Nation’
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The theories behind the nation and the state are key ideas involved in the academic discipline of international relations. The nation and state refer to different aspects of the international society we live in. However they are often confused and interchanged. The main confusion derives from them ....
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.... Smith states that “to say that the modern world is a world of nations is to describe both a reality and an aspiration.”
A common language is essential for all members to communicate thus this creates a major problem for nations as many nations include a huge diversity of languages, for example Britain. Therefore for a nation such as Britain to exist they must create their own ‘nationhood.’ It is this process of establishing a nationhood that a nation creates itself. America is another ....
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