STATES,

NATIONS, AND
GLOBALIZATION
AERON JOHN A. AMIN, PHD
Subject Teacher
MELC: Analyze the
relationship among
nations and states in the
context of globalization
Lesson Objectives:

1 2 3 4
Define and Define and explain Evaluate how Analyze the
differentiate nation the concept of globalization relationship among
and state; globalization. influences state and nations and states in
nation; and the context of
globalization.
STATE
According to De Leon (2009), as stated by
Liao (2014) a state is a community of nations
more or less numerous, permanently
occupying a definite portion of territory,
having a government of their own to which
the great body of inhabitants render obedience
and enjoying freedom from external control.
ORIGIN OF STATE
1. Divine Right Theory – It
holds that the state is of divine
creation and the ruler is
ordained by God to govern the
people.
ORIGIN OF STATE
2. Necessity or force theory – it
maintains that states must have
been created through force, by
some great warriors who imposed
their will upon weak;
ORIGIN OF STATE
3. Paternalistic theory – it
attributes the origin of states to
the enlargement of the family
which remained under the
authority of the father or mother.
ORIGIN OF STATE
4. Social contract theory – It asserts
that the early states must have been
formed by deliberate and voluntary
compact among the people to form a
society and organize government for
their common good.
 People

Territory
ELEMENTS
OF STATE
Government
Internal
Sovereignty
External
NATION
A nation is a group of people
bound together by certain
characteristics and shares the
same history, ancestry, culture,
and language. Liao (2014)
STATE VS. NATION
ACTIVITY TIME: Using the T-diagram, write your justification about the Philippines as a nation and as a
state. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

THE PHILIPPINES

as a Nation as a State
ESSAY

1.Can a state be
considered a nation,
and/or a nation be
considered a state?
Explain and provide
details to support your
justification.
GLOBALIZATION
GLOBALIZATION

Heywood (2013) defined globalization as

the process through which societies
have become so intertwined or
interconnected that events and
decisions in one part of the world
have significant effects on the lives of
people in the other part of the world.
It implies opening of local and
nationalistic perspective to a broader
outlook of interconnected and
interdependent world. This
globalization integrates States by
interchange of world views, products,
ideas and other aspects of culture.
FORMS OF
GLOBALIZATION
1.Economic Globalization
2.Cultural Globalization
3.Political Globalization
ACTIVITY
Direction: Complete the table below. Identify current issues in our country which
has reached global attention and cite their positive and negative effects in our
society. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

Effects
ISSUES
Positive Negative

Economic Globalization

Cultural Globalization

Political Globalization
ESSAY

1.Why do you think

globalization is
important for a
state and its
government?
POST IT!

Directions: In a short bond

paper, make a poster that
illustrates how globalization
affects nation-state. At the
back of your bond paper,
explain your poster in not
more than 5 sentences.