The legal and political authority of a territory containing a population and marked by borders

The ability to govern and to make decisions within a political community without reference to external or internal challengers or actors

The condition of being ____. A ______ state is one based on authority and on a recognition of that authority by its citizens and by other states

The idea of being a full member of the state entitled to the rights and subject to the duties associated with that status, and typically confirmed in a document such as a passport or identity card

An approach to the study of government and politics based on the argument that politics is formed by the ideas we have about it

The modern state system that many believe emerged out of the 1648 Peace of Westphalia, based on the sovereignty of states and political self-determina

Those rights (such as to life, liberty, and property) supposedly given to humans by God or by nature their existence taken to be independent of government

States that exist and are recognized under international law but whose governments control little of the territory under their jurisdiction

States that are not recognized under international law even though they control territory and provide governance. They exist in fact ______ rather than under law (de jure).

A cultural and historical concept describing a group of people who identify with one another on the basis of a shared history, culture, language, or myths

The ability to act without external compulsion. The right of national _____ is the right of a people to possess its own government

A state whose citizens share a common national identity

A state consisting of multiple different national groups under a single government

The process by which states build economic and political ties that result in some pooling of authority over area of policy where they believe that cooperation is better than competition

The belief that a group of people with a common national identity (usually marked by a shared culture and history) has the right to form an independent state and to govern itself free of external intervention

The fear, rejection, or exclusion of those defined as foreigners in a community or a state, closely related to racism and to nativism

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Unit 3 GOV 133 Vocab

Question	Answer
State	The legal and political authority of a territory containing a population and marked by borders
Sovereignty	The ability to govern and to make decisions within a political community without reference to external or internal challengers or actors
Legitimacy	The condition of being ____. A ______ state is one based on authority and on a recognition of that authority by its citizens and by other states
Citizenship	The idea of being a full member of the state entitled to the rights and subject to the duties associated with that status, and typically confirmed in a document such as a passport or identity card
Interpretivism	An approach to the study of government and politics based on the argument that politics is formed by the ideas we have about it
Westphalian System	The modern state system that many believe emerged out of the 1648 Peace of Westphalia, based on the sovereignty of states and political self-determina
Natural Rights	Those rights (such as to life, liberty, and property) supposedly given to humans by God or by nature their existence taken to be independent of government
Quasi-States	States that exist and are recognized under international law but whose governments control little of the territory under their jurisdiction
De Facto States	States that are not recognized under international law even though they control territory and provide governance. They exist in fact ______ rather than under law (de jure).
Nation	A cultural and historical concept describing a group of people who identify with one another on the basis of a shared history, culture, language, or myths
Self-Determination	The ability to act without external compulsion. The right of national _____ is the right of a people to possess its own government
Nation-State	A state whose citizens share a common national identity
Multinational State	A state consisting of multiple different national groups under a single government
Regional Integration	The process by which states build economic and political ties that result in some pooling of authority over area of policy where they believe that cooperation is better than competition
Nationalism	The belief that a group of people with a common national identity (usually marked by a shared culture and history) has the right to form an independent state and to govern itself free of external intervention
Xenophobia	The fear, rejection, or exclusion of those defined as foreigners in a community or a state, closely related to racism and to nativism
Security State
Failing State

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