SOCI 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Civic Nationalism, Visible Minority, Compulsory Education
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An ethnic group is a collection of people distinguished by others or by themselves primarily on the basis of cultural or national characteristics. But immigrants can hybridize their identity too (chinese-canadian: territoriality. Provides people with a sense of belonging, a sense of identity, and a sense of uniqueness. Can be defined in a broad and narrow sense. One way of thinking - having pride in your country. Broad: sum of those beliefs, idioms, and practices oriented to a territorially delineated. Nation , and embodied in the political demands of a people who collectively identify with a nation patriotism. Narrow: political project or doctrine whose object is an existing or envisaged nation-state wherein cultural and political boundaries coincide, ex. In spain, catalan, impulse at the moment towards a sovereignty and independence. State is a political and geopolitical entity: comprised of the following. Monopolize the legitimate use of force (weber) Only the state can declare war on another state.
