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STATES

STATES. Political units with sovereignty (not nations). Sovereignty. Exercise of power over people and territory. Boundaries recognized by other states. State territoriality (“patriotism”). Place identity based on political unit. “I am an American.”. “I am a Nigerian.”.

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STATES

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  1. STATES Political units with sovereignty (not nations)

  2. Sovereignty Exercise of power over people and territory. Boundaries recognized by other states.

  3. State territoriality (“patriotism”) Place identity based on political unit “I am an American.” “I am a Nigerian.” (Civil wars)

  4. NATION A cultural group with a territorial identity: a sense of a “homeland” Over 5,000 ethnic “nations” cannot all become states, yet many are large enough to survive (larger than some states).

  5. Ethnic territoriality (“nationalism”) Place identity based on ethnicity Basques in Spain/France Québecois in Canada

  6. NATION-STATE State with one nation (none “pure” but some close) Nearly all states multiethnic (more than one nation)

  7. Nation-States and Multiethnic States

  8. National Congruence Desire for state boundaries to match ethnic boundaries * If majority does not want minority * If minority wants self-determination Boundaries of Albania in different eras

  9. Religious Territoriality States defined by religion Saudi Arabia Vatican City Vatican City Israel Iran

  10. Racial Territoriality States defined by race White supremacist map for a racial partition of the U.S. South Africa’s White and Black areas under Apartheid (racial separation)

  11. Core group States are constructed around a dominant ethnic, racial or religious group English in U.K. Whites in U.S. Russians in U.S.S.R. & Russia

  12. Majority nationalism Equating “patriotism” with “nationalism” State usually represents core group, but also needs loyal minorities Hindu mobs attack Indian Muslim neighborhood English attack immigrants German skinheads attack Turks KKK rally against immigrants, 1925

  13. Minority nationalism For “self-determination” (ability to rule own lands) Reaction to majority nationalism? Puerto Rico East Timor Lithuania

  14. Irredentism Joining ethnic minority with a country where they are majority Germany annexes ethnic German region of Czechoslovakia, 1938

  15. Secession Separation from state (independence) French-speakers are minority in Canada, but majority in Quebec.

  16. Failed secession of Quebec Inuit Most French-speakers (blue) voted for independence of Quebec from Canada, 1995. Quebec minorities (English-speakers, Native peoples, and immigrants) voted “No” Cree English

  17. State response: Coercion Ethnocide (forced assimilation) Hungarian sign defaced in Romania. Turks forced to Change names in Bulgaria. Genocide (extermination) 800,000 Tutsis killed in Rwanda, 1994. Also can be in Core (Germany 1940s)

  18. South African Apartheid (racial separation), 1948-94

  19. South African Black Homelands “Bantustans” forced on Blacks 76% of population given 13% of land; denied citizenship in rest (ethnocide)

  20. State response: Unitary system Central government holds power; No autonomy for ethnic minorities

  21. State response: Autonomy Ethnic minorities can rule themselves in special regions within the state China settling ethnic Chinese in “autonomous” regions Autonomous regions of Spain. Flag of Catalonia alongside Spain and EU flags

  22. Indian Reservations (autonomy)

  23. Inuit (Eskimo) territory of Nunavut 1999 Canada

  24. State response: Ethnic Federalism Territorial units represent different ethnic groups Other large multiethnic federations have failed (Yugoslavia, USSR) Languages and states of India

  25. Confederalism Devolution (transfer) of most power from central government to regions Bosnia after civil war ended in 1995, divided into strong Serb and Muslim-Croat regions Confederacy declared, 1861. “States’ Rights” after Civil War ended in 1865.

  26. Six republics of Yugoslavia, 1945-1991 Croatia, Slovenia (Catholic) Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia (Orthodox) Bosnia (Muslim) Kosovo (Muslim part of Serbia)

  27. Yugoslavia break-up, 1990s Ethnic Serbs (outside Serbia) for irredentism Bosnians, Kosovars for secession

  28. Ethnic cleansing Forced removal of an ethnic group To make area ethnically “pure” Serbs expelled from Krajina (Croatia), 1995 Albanians expelled from Kosovo (Serbia), 1999

  29. Former Yugoslavia Today Slovenia 1990 Croatia 1991 Bosnia 1992 Macedonia 1992 Serbia & Montenegro (remained “Yugoslavia” until 2003) Kosovo 1999 (officially part of Serbia)

  30. Soviet Union (USSR) ethnic groups

  31. Dominant (titular) groups in 15 Soviet republics All had minorities 14 republics outside Russia had Russian minority

  32. Breakup of Soviet Union into 15 states, 1991

  33. Ethnic Russians left outside Russia Fears that Russian irredentism would lead to war But ethnic territoriality not so strong

  34. Ethnic minority regions in the new Russia Russians fear one secession would spread to all

  35. Ethnic groups in Southern Russia and the Caucasus Chechens fight for secession from Russia Armenians fight Azerbaijan (irredentism)

  36. Russia attacks Chechen Muslims (state territoriality) Russians flatten Grozny, capital of Chechnya, 2000

  37. Why ethnic conflict? Because difference naturally cause conflict? But difference does not always cause conflict Conflicts also erupt between similar peoples

  38. Northern Ireland (Catholics vs. Protestants) Same race, language Different religion (and ethnic group? class?) Protestant majority for staying in U.K. Catholic minority for joining Ireland. Loyalist (Protestant) and Republican (Catholic) murals in Belfast

  39. Rwanda (Hutus vs. Tutsis) Same race, language, religion Different ethnic group; one favored by colonialists Genocide against Tutsi minority, 1994

  40. Bosnia (Serbs vs. Muslims vs. Croats) Same race, spoken language Different religion, script, “ethnic” group Intermarried, cooperated, 1950s-80s; At war 1990s Muslim and Serb refugees From Sarajevo

  41. Somalia Same race, language, religion, and ethnic group ! Yet 1990s civil war between clan militias

  42. Contending theories Ethnic hatred is always there; politics can keep a “lid” on it Ethnic hatred is a tool used for political and economic power Bosnia partition plan Communism collapses in Eastern Europe, 1989 Croatian and Serbian leaders stoke ethnic hatred after 1989

  43. Ethnic conflict as a tool to… Mask economic hierarchy. Divert majority citizens from economic crisis. Prevent poor of different ethnic groups from uniting.

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