INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY W/READINGS
INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY W/READINGS
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ISBN: 9780393699357
Author: CARR
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
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Summary Introduction

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States feature sovereignty, or authority over their territory. Nationalism provides a set of beliefs and symbols to create the idea of membership. Power is the ability of individuals or groups to make their concerns part of policy, by force if necessary. These three characteristics are identified as those that make up a ‘state’.

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