Discuss the mechanism through which a nation-state can foster the national attachment of its populace. What are examples for such mechanisms in the United States, or in South Carolina?
Provide a definition for the terms “multi-ethnic state” and “multi-national state” and provide an example for each of the following regions:
East Asia
South Asia
Eastern Europe
Western Europe
List the national characteristics of the following states, distinguish them between multi-ethnic and multi-national states, and list the political problems that result from their creation after the fall of the Soviet Union:
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1.self-determination
the concept that an ethnic group has the right to govern themselves
nation-state
A state whose territory corresponds with one particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality.
nationalism
Loyalty with a group of people who share legal attachment to a particular country.
centripetal force
An attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state.
2.I don’t know how to do this question.
3.multiethnic: every state in the world is a degree of multiethnic
-multinational state: ethnicites coexist peacefully while remaining culturlaly discint. In some control govenrment some ethnic groups can control government in certain regions of the country. Or all create features of a single nationality
East Asia：Malaysia is a multiethnic state
South Asia:Afghanistan is example of multinational states
Eastern Europe:Belarus is a multiethnic state
Western Europe: Belgium is example of European multinational states
4.Estonia:multinational states
Belarus:multiethnic state
Ukraine:multinational states
Belarusians and Ukrainians displayed sufficient cultural differences to consider themselves distinct from Russians.
Moldova:multiethnic state
The Soviet government make 3,000 square kilometers (1,200 square miles) of land on the east bank of the Dnist River was transferred from Ukraine. Most of the residents of the area are called Trans-Dniestria and are Ukrainian and Russian. So they opposed the unification of Moldova and Romania.
Kazakhstan:multinational states
that has suffered from ethnic conflict.
Tajikistan: multiethnic state
Fifteen percent of the population was madehomeless during a civil war that lasted between 1992 and 1997.
Russia：multinational states
Obstacles to reform. The former Soviet Union had to deal with a number of unique obstacles during the post-Soviet transition including political reform, economic restructuring and the redrawing of political boundaries.
1. self-determination: The ability of a government to determine their own course of their own free will. Sovereignty. government free from external control.
nation-state: A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity
nationalism: Nationalism is a term that is generally used to describe either the attachment of a person to a particular nation, or a political action by such a group to achieve statehood
centripetal force: It’s an attitude that unifies people and enhances support for a state.
2. An mechanism that identifies with the culture, tradition and interests of its own nation, and aims at the survival, development and prosperity of the nation.The American War of Independence was actually the product of nationalism, and the American nation wanted to get rid of the rule and oppression of the British nation.
3.
multi-ethnic state: State that contains more than one ethnicity
multi-national state: State that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully but recognizing each other as distinct nationalities.
East Asia: Malaysia is a multiethnic state. China is multi-national state
South Asia:
Eastern Europe: Belarus is a multi-ethnic state. Russia is a multi-national state.
Western Europe: Belgium is a multi-national state. Ireland is a multi-ethnic state.
4. Estonia：Multi-national state. The territory was occupied by Nazi Germany in 1941 and administered as a part of Reichskommissariat Ostland until it was liberated by the Soviet Union in 1944 during World War II.
Belarus: Multi-ethnic state. Ukraine’s declaration of independence, in particular, led the leaders of then Belarusian SSR to realize that the Soviet Union was on the brink of dissolving, which it did.
Ukraine: Multi-national state. In 1990s, immediately upon the dissolution of the Soviet Union, of which both Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine had been formally founding constituent republics, bilateral relations were revived. Relations between the two countries have severely deteriorated since the 2014 Ukrainian revolution.
Moldova: Multi-ethnic state.
Kazakhstan: Multi-ethnic state. The Soviet Union was disbanded on 26 December 1991 by the Soviet of the Republics. The Republic of Kazakhstan, the legal successor to the Kazakh SSR, was admitted to the United Nations on 2 March 1992.
Tajikistan: Multi-ethnic state. At the very least the government will be confronted with serious economic problems, and the desperately poor population will be condemned to yet more deprivation. At worst the government runs the risk of social unrest.
Russia: Multi-national state. Russia allowed other countries to become republics.
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1.self-determination
the concept that an ethnic group has the right to govern themselves
nation-state
A state whose territory corresponds with one particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality.
nationalism
Loyalty with a group of people who share legal attachment to a particular country.
centripetal force
An attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state.
2.I don’t know how to do this question.
3.multiethnic: every state in the world is a degree of multiethnic
-multinational state: ethnicites coexist peacefully while remaining culturlaly discint. In some control govenrment some ethnic groups can control government in certain regions of the country. Or all create features of a single nationality
East Asia：Malaysia is a multiethnic state
South Asia:Afghanistan is example of multinational states
Eastern Europe:Belarus is a multiethnic state
Western Europe: Belgium is example of European multinational states
4.Estonia:multinational states
Belarus:multiethnic state
Ukraine:multinational states
Belarusians and Ukrainians displayed sufficient cultural differences to consider themselves distinct from Russians.
Moldova:multiethnic state
The Soviet government make 3,000 square kilometers (1,200 square miles) of land on the east bank of the Dnist River was transferred from Ukraine. Most of the residents of the area are called Trans-Dniestria and are Ukrainian and Russian. So they opposed the unification of Moldova and Romania.
Kazakhstan:multinational states
that has suffered from ethnic conflict.
Tajikistan: multiethnic state
Fifteen percent of the population was madehomeless during a civil war that lasted between 1992 and 1997.
Russia：multinational states
Obstacles to reform. The former Soviet Union had to deal with a number of unique obstacles during the post-Soviet transition including political reform, economic restructuring and the redrawing of political boundaries.
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1. self-determination: The ability of a government to determine their own course of their own free will. Sovereignty. government free from external control.
nation-state: A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity
nationalism: Nationalism is a term that is generally used to describe either the attachment of a person to a particular nation, or a political action by such a group to achieve statehood
centripetal force: It’s an attitude that unifies people and enhances support for a state.
2. An mechanism that identifies with the culture, tradition and interests of its own nation, and aims at the survival, development and prosperity of the nation.The American War of Independence was actually the product of nationalism, and the American nation wanted to get rid of the rule and oppression of the British nation.
3.
multi-ethnic state: State that contains more than one ethnicity
multi-national state: State that contains two or more ethnic groups with traditions of self-determination that agree to coexist peacefully but recognizing each other as distinct nationalities.
East Asia: Malaysia is a multiethnic state. China is multi-national state
South Asia:
Eastern Europe: Belarus is a multi-ethnic state. Russia is a multi-national state.
Western Europe: Belgium is a multi-national state. Ireland is a multi-ethnic state.
4. Estonia：Multi-national state. The territory was occupied by Nazi Germany in 1941 and administered as a part of Reichskommissariat Ostland until it was liberated by the Soviet Union in 1944 during World War II.
Belarus: Multi-ethnic state. Ukraine’s declaration of independence, in particular, led the leaders of then Belarusian SSR to realize that the Soviet Union was on the brink of dissolving, which it did.
Ukraine: Multi-national state. In 1990s, immediately upon the dissolution of the Soviet Union, of which both Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine had been formally founding constituent republics, bilateral relations were revived. Relations between the two countries have severely deteriorated since the 2014 Ukrainian revolution.
Moldova: Multi-ethnic state.
Kazakhstan: Multi-ethnic state. The Soviet Union was disbanded on 26 December 1991 by the Soviet of the Republics. The Republic of Kazakhstan, the legal successor to the Kazakh SSR, was admitted to the United Nations on 2 March 1992.
Tajikistan: Multi-ethnic state. At the very least the government will be confronted with serious economic problems, and the desperately poor population will be condemned to yet more deprivation. At worst the government runs the risk of social unrest.
Russia: Multi-national state. Russia allowed other countries to become republics.
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