Concept MAps

Nation-state

pattern of
political life

states

Sovereignty Territorial Legal Equality

Integrity

states territorial all states are equal despite

only sovereign state can
boundaries shall be its size and differences
enter into relation
honored

states territorial
boundaries free from
external control

shall have rights over its

international borders
 made the Philippines a state

made Japan the economic

colossus

powered India and become

as Power
a major industrial state

spurred great Arab to

nationalize Suez Canal

steeled people

self-determination

as Philosophy of Power natural and ideal for a polity

Nationalism nation is the only rightful

source of political power

fundamental unit for human

social life

nation is the only fully

as Ideology
legitimate basis for a

state –a concept of what a

nation is, can be and ought
to be

recognized and accepted

as Commitment duty to help develop and
defend one’s nation

devotion to or advocacy of
as Sentiment national unity and
independence
Nation-state Nationalism

uses

Ethnic and cultural

identities