Nationalism and Global Politics Flashcards

A comprehensive set of vocabulary flashcards covering the historical development, types, and modern examples of nationalism in global politics.

Nationalism

The principle that the nation is the primary political community and loyalty to it overrides other identities, justifying political sovereignty.

Civic Nationalism

A form of nationalism based on citizenship and shared political values where the state defines the nation.

Ethnic Nationalism

A form of nationalism common in Europe based on shared descent, culture, and language, where the nation precedes the state.

Elite Nationalism

A type of nationalism driven by political leaders.

Popular Nationalism

A type of nationalism characterized by mass participation.

State-supporting Nationalism

Nationalism that seeks to reform or strengthen the existing state.

State-opposing Nationalism

Nationalism where the goal is to seek a new state.

Modernist View of Nationalism

The perspective that nations are constructed for new needs as products of modernization, technology, and mass politics.

Primordialism

A non-modernist view of nationalism that posits nations have ancient roots.

Perennialism

A non-modernist view that describes nations as recurring entities.

Ethno-symbolism

A non-modernist view of nationalism focused on the role of myths and memory.

Nation-State

A vague concept where few states are ethnically uniform and recognition matters more than ethnic purity.

Kurdistan Case Study

A nation without a state, spread across several states, illustrating fragmented nationalism and identity strengthened by repression.

Imagined Communities

A definition of the nation based on shared memory and culture without a fixed definition.

18th-19th Century Breakthrough

The period of the French Revolution where popular sovereignty was established and the nation became a political subject.

Print Capitalism

An industrialization factor along with mass education and military mobilization that helped develop nationalism.

Counter-nationalisms

Ideologies stimulated by the dominance and racialized ideologies of empires.

Fascism

An anti-liberal and imperialist ideology that places the nation above the individual.

Germany Case Study

A nation characterized by late unification, industrial power, and a shift toward radical nationalism following defeat.

1945 Settlement

The post-war rejection of ethnic nationalism in favor of civic nation-states and decolonization.

Three Waves of NSD

The chronological progression of national self-determination: 1918 (ethnic), 1945 (civic), and 1989 (mixed).

Post-Cold War Nationalism

A period characterized by state weakness, ethnic conflict, and international intervention.

Devolution

A modern alternative to secession involving the transfer of power to lower levels of government.

Brexit Example

A modern case of state-supporting nationalism driven by sovereignty discourse and popular mobilization.