States, Nations, and
Globalization
The State as different from the Nation as a
political concept
LEARNING COMPETENCIES
• define nation and state (HUMSS_PG12- Ie-15)
• differentiate nation from state (HUMSS_PG12- Ie-16)
Philippine Politics and Governance: The State as different from the Nation as a political concept
NATIONNATION-STATE STATE
A territorially bounded
A human group conscious of
A political community
forming a community, sharing sovereign
a polity—i.e., a formed by a territorial
common culture, attached to a
clearly demarcated territory,state—that is ruled in the population which is
having a common past and aname of a community of subject to one
common project for the future citizens who identify government. (Hague and
and claiming the right to rulethemselves as a nation.
itself (Guibernau, 1999) Harrop, 2004)
(Feinstein, 2022)
PRESENTATION OF THE SUBJECT MATTER
Philippine Politics and Governance: The State as different from the Nation as a political concept
Example of state with its own nation (nation-state): ICELAND
Reykjavík, Iceland
PRESENTATION OF THE SUBJECT MATTER
Philippine Politics and Governance: The State as different from the Nation as a political concept
Example of a stateless nation: PALESTINIANS
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PRESENTATION OF THE SUBJECT MATTER
Philippine Politics and Governance: The State as different from the Nation as a political concept
Philippine context
“it appears that the
nation has not been
the foundation of the
Philippine state and the
state in the Philippines
has failed to
consolidate a sense of
being a nation for the
people living within its
territory.” Map of the Philippine Islands,
published by Pedro Murillo
– Raymund Jose G.
Velarde in 1774. “Filipino is Beyond Ethnicity” (Gonzales, 2005)
Quilop (2006)
PRESENTATION OF THE SUBJECT MATTER
Philippine Politics and Governance: The State as different from the Nation as a political concept
Nation
• A “large group whose members
believe they belong together on the
basis of a shared identity as a people”
(Sodaro, 2001)
• Nation as an “imagined community”
community”
• Members of a nation, even of the
smallest one, would never be able to
actually meet every other member
member; yet as long as they believe they
are part of their nation, they would
continue to “imagine” themselves as
socially and politically belonging
together. (Anderson, 2003)
• Q: In this sense, what are the
examples of nation? PRESENTATION OF THE SUBJECT MATTER
References
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• Hague, R., & Harrop, M. (2004). Comparative government and politics: An introduction.
• Feinstein, Y. (2022). nation-state. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/nation-state
• Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopaedia (2022, August 29). Reykjavík. Encyclopedia Britannica.
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