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1. Define nationalism.

2. Identify the elements that make up a state.

3. Describe how a nation differs from a state.

4. Identify and explain the ideal concept of nation-state and its relationship to nationalism.

5. Explain nationalism as the product of historical development.

6. Identify the ideal and actual relationships between nation and state.

7. Define multistate nationalities and explain when they occur.

8. Discuss why nationalism is said to be both a cohesive and a divisive force.

9. List and discuss positive and negative aspects of nationalism.

10. Discuss the origins of microstates and the problems that their existence presents to the state-centric system.

11. Identify arguments predicting the end of nationalism and the demise of the territorial state, and note post–World War II trends that have contradicted these predictions.

12. Explain the place of nationalism and the nation-state in today’s world where transnational and other structures and identifications are also increasing in scope and intensity.







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