the acquisition, by colonized peoples, of control over their own territory.
Supranational Organization
the collections of individual states with a common goal that may be economic and/or political in nature; such organizations diminish, to some extent individual state sovereignty in favor of the group interests of the membership.
Citizenship
is a category of belonging to a nation-state that includes civil, political and social rights.
Centripetal forces
forces that divide or tend to pull the state apart.
Nation-State
an ideal form consisting of a homogeneous group of people governed by their own state.
Sovereignty
the exercise of state power over people and territory, recognized by other states and codified by international law.
International Organization
group that includes two or more states seeking political and/or economic cooperation with each other.
Territory
the delimited area over which a state exercises control and which is recognized by other states.
Self-determination
the right of a group with a distinctive politico-territorial identity to determine its own destiny, at least in part, through the control of its own territory.
Nationalism
the feeling of belonging to a nation as well as the belief that a nation has a natural right to determine its own affairs.
