WORLD POLITICS: Nation-State

The Contemporary World

Politics

the art or science of government

the activities associated with the governance of a
country
World Politics

World politics is defined as the study of how global

actors' activities entail the exercise of influence to
achieve and defend their goals and ideals, and how
it affects the world at large.
4 KEY ATTRIBUTES OF WORLD POLITICS

 There are countries or states that are independent and

govern themselves.
 These countries interact with each other through diplomacy.
 There are international organizations, like United Nations
(UN), that facilitate these interactions.
 Beyond simply facilitating meetings between states,
international organizations also take on lives of their own.
Nation-State

a state—that is ruled in the name of a community of citizens who

identify themselves as a nation
NATION - STATE

 Not all states are nations

( states with multiple nations )
 Not all nations are states
( nations with multiple states )
STATE

a political and legal entity

4 ATTRIBUTES OF STATE

 It exercises authority over a specific population.

 It governs a specific territory.
 It has a structure of government that crafts various rules
that people ( society ) follows.
 It is recognized as political and legal entity
 The state has sovereignty over its territory.
 Internal Authority
 External Authority
INTERNAL AUTHORITY

no individuals or groups can operate in a given

national territory by ignoring the state
EXTERNAL AUTHORITY

This means that state’s policies and

procedures are independent of the
interventions of other states.
 ELEMENTS OF THE STATE

 People – entire body of those citizens of a state who are

invested with political power for political purposes
 Territory – a geographical area under the jurisdiction of
another country or sovereign power or state
Government – the totality of authorities which rule a society
by prescribing and carrying out fundamental rules which
regulate the freedom of its members
 Sovereignty – the supreme, absolute and uncontrollable power
by which an independent state is governed.
NATION

Defined as people, or aggregation of men, existing in

the form of an organized society, usually inhabiting
a distinct portion of the earth, speaking the same
language, using the same customs, processing
historic continuity, and disguised from other like
group by their racial origin and characteristics, and
generally, but not necessarily, living under the same
government and sovereignty.