Distinguish between a state and a nation?

Answer 1

Depending on the source, there are 189, 191, 192, 193, 194 or 195 states in the world today and 800+ nations.

State: The accepted definition of a state was supplied by Max Weber in his book Politics as a Vocation: "A sovereign entity (rules itself), within a defined/specific territory (in defined borders), that holds a monopoly of the legitimate use of violence in the enforcement of its order. An empire does not have borders as it chooses to continually advance them. A state does not necessarily rule a people with a common culture, it is merely a political concept. Examples of a state: Iraq/Yemen/any state in the United Nations.

A nation is a body of people who share a real or imagined common history, culture, identity, religion, morality, language, traditions, ethnicity or ethnic origin; typically inhabit a particular country/territory/region. Examples of a nation: the Kurds, which reside in northern Iraq and parts of Turkey; the Basque, which inhabit parts of northern Spain and southern France; the Palestinians.

Nation-State: Countries where the social concept of "nation" coincides with the political concept of "state" are called nation-state. Examples of a nation-state: France, USA, Israel.

Answer 2

The concept of nation and states is that everyone must be strictly be separated into lands where everyone's language, culture, heritage and other related factors are the same. it is this concept which had obstructed the progress of world peace and unity through the development of nationalism and cultural difference, and must be dissolved in order to achieve world unity.

Answer 3

A nation refers to a country which is defined by boundaries on a map, is self governing with their own laws and customs. A state is a smaller area within a nation. There may be many states which together comprise the nation.

Also, the word state can mean nation in some cases. Such as--> "Somalia is now a lawless state."

So the words state and nation can mean the same thing depending on how they are used.

Answer 4

Nationalism is a conscious effort put forward by a group of people to extricate, emancipate and liberate themselves from every form of political subjugation, economic exploitation, social inequalities and cultural alienation impose on them by a foreign invader. A country not under colonial rule would not be able to define nationalism.

Answer 5

A state could be part of a nation. A nation is like a country, and made up of many states or provinces. Remember not all nations of the world use "states" as their system of separating or dividing the country. Some use "provinces", but really thats just a larger word and a harder way of saying states.

Answer 6

-A nation is a group of people with a common culture living in a territory and having a strong sense of unity

-A state is an independent unit that occupies a specific territory and has full control of it's internal and external affairs.

-A nation-state is when a nation and a state occupy the same territory.

Answer 7

Nation is the society, the democracy, the people, the geography, the environment, and the state manages the rules dictated by the government. State is the country as viewed by another countries, and nation is the country as viewed by its population.