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    Race is associated with biology of human beings, whereas ethnicity is associated with the origin and culture. An individual coming into a society where his ethnicity and race is unfamiliar, an opportunity is open for both the individual and the population of that society to learn and get to know each other. It is imminent that the people of different racial backgrounds, especially multi-ethnic groups, will face all kinds of stereotypes when coming to a new society that is completely unfamiliar…

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    Nationalism and Imperialism became very important and impacting concepts in the nineteenth century. Not only was Nationalism and Imperialism existent in the nineteenth century, but these two concepts and ideas existed before the nineteenth century and started to rise and increase in impact in the late nineteenth, early twentieth centuries. By definition, Nationalism was the concept or idea that a country was better than all the others, which contributed to governments distinguishing themselves…

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    Nearshore outsourcing This arises when an organization acquires an outsourced agreement plan from another organization in a given community. Frequently these organizations will share a boundary with the said country or nation. A case of this will be, if a similar organization stated above chose to get some of its object from Mexico or Canada. This will be referred to as nearshore outsourcing considering the fact that America connects to both countries by means of borders…

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    Now that a semester has passed, we should return to one of the very first questions of the course: is Québec a distinct society, and if so, how and why did it develop this difference? Several themes persisted throughout our studies that sought to answer these questions, including that of la survivance. This ideologically loaded phrase describing survival by means of French, Catholicism, and a farming vocation related back multiple times to other concepts. With regards to language, the…

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    Donald Trump is a good example of a nationalist. Nationalism has many different definitions, one of them is spirit or aspirations common to the whole nation. Nationalism has two sides, negative and positive. Sometimes nationalism can lead to prejudice and wars between nations which is negative nationalism, conversely, if it helps people in a nation to be united for same goals and events that is positive nationalism.…

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    “Nationalism was a promise to unify nations, liberate subject from foreign rule, create a sense of fraternity among members of a national community, and lead that community to a common destiny” (Sherman-Salisbury; Pg. 553). In other words, nationalism was about the devotion and love that people had for their nation-state. Nationalism was very big in Europe, for the fact that several countries loved and fought hard for their own countries’ independence. “In the two decades after 1850, no…

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    politically, economically, and socially. According to The World in the 20th century: A Thematic Approach by Stephanie A. Hallock, nationalism is defined as “the self-perception that one is part of a nation, defined as a community with its own language, traditions, customs and history that distinguish it from other nations; a sense of identity that often becomes the primary focus of one’s loyalty” (Hallock, 5). World War I had a large impact on how Americans viewed their own country, which has…

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    Mulgan suggests that “All of nationalism can be understood as a kind of collective narcissism.” Mulgan, the Chief Executive of the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts, describes the tendencies of nations to regard themselves as superior. These tendencies drive nations to become stronger often resulting in a superiority complex. Presently, our world is embedded in a rich history that has been influenced by great powers that have existed and still exist today. These influences…

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    of its “one- sided” (ness) and how it is controlled by showing only one opinion or point of view without the consideration of others. He believes that internationalism “by its very name” (internationalism) gives other nations recognition and does not pretend that other nations do not exist. Nationalism and internationalism stand in opposition to each other because they emphasize different aspects since nationalism…

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    The most important part of the defining nationalism is the suffix “ism.” The suffix “ism” implies the absolutizing of the preceding word. Absolutizing of anything whether it be patriotism or nationalism can yield dangerous consequences. However, many times words like nationalism or patriotism are used in a colloquial equivalence to words such as patriotic and nationalistic. It is here I believe Klenser over reaches occasionally in his definition of nationalism. If a student does not understand…

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