POLI 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Irish Nationalism, Parliamentary Sovereignty, Elizabethan Religious Settlement
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Contrast between early state and late nation state formation. 2 cases of early formation gb and france. 2 cases of later state development germany and italy. Identify the different types of states that emerge. Accommodation is characteristic of how the british nation state was formed. The british state is a multinational state it recognizes regional differences, which the french state has never done it has consequences. Different types of states and different patterns of state formation. It is taken for granted in british politics. There was religious settlement protestantism (ireland) isolated in different ways it is also catholic. France"s political and religious settlements were made much later in time. Catholic society and the schisms with republicanism the support for the monarchy. Britain and france have already experienced the i. r. , by the time germany and italy are emerging as state forms. States are involved in the management of the economy. If you cannot compete then you will be crushed.