Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation

1- Can any nation-state be considered a ‘civic’ nation? It is critical to commence with a definition of the concept at the heart of the discussion as a way of setting the stage for the present discourse. The concept of civic nationhood is applied in reference to the identity in politics formed from common citizenship that thrives in a liberal state (Smith, 2013). The concept of a civic nation, therefore, goes beyond subjective variables, such as culture, language, customs or traditions of the…

In the beginning, there was only Adam and Eve, one people and one identity. At the eleventh generation came Noah’s and that was when we saw the first signs of different people groups. The people all spoke one language on the earth and when they tried to build a tower to reach God, God humbled them by confusing their language so that they did not understand each other and was forced to abandon the project. People dispersed over the face of the earth and hence we saw the separation of people, the…

Post cold war, USA was intensely required in the unifying of nations and states, going about as a figurehead of military backing and exercising its political presence in the East Asian region (Cha, 2010). However, the recent decades have witnessed an expanding measure of East Asian territorial participation through memorandums of understandings, financial associations, economic partnerships and enactments supporting imports and exports nations inside East Asia. This expanded cooperation…

Common national identity is an important and valuable quality of most states but the degree in which it is threatened by immigrants is often overstated. Though not common, instances arise through immigration which truly threaten the common life enjoyed by members of a state. In these instances, I believe that exclusion can be justified if the reasons for immigration are of a particular variety. I will outline in this essay with reference to Carens, Miller and Blake how I believe immigration…

time, but he instead surprised the nation by delivering a speech on the America’s crisis of confidence instead. In “The Crisis of Confidence Speech”, he addresses the country saying that the biggest problem the nation faces at the time is that it lacks the will and confidence of the people to do great things. At this time the nation was in the midsts of the Cold War with the Soviet Unions as well as Middle Eastern problems led to major spikes in oil prices. The nation has lost hope and his…

Song of Myself “Song of Myself”, which is famous for “representing the core of Whitmans poetic vision” (Greenspan) was written in 1881 by Walt Whitman. This poem is baffling to many people because of both the symbolism and wordplay. Walt Whitman begins by introducing the subject in the poem, which is himself and he goes on by celebrating this theme. Whitman utilizes words such “I”, “myself” and his inner soul to generate a feel of being and depiction in specific sects of the poem. Whilst it…

set as more of a priority to resent another nation than to just simply be proud and satisfied of an individual home nation. (2) The source disagrees with nationalism, but encourages the love of one’s country by means of patriotism. (3) Some people will argue that all forms of nationalism have negative effects. However, when…

fair and without blame, and that their rival nations were aggressive, deceitful, and backwards. Each nation tried to convince its citizens that their nation was being threatened by its rival nations. The sense of nationalism caused intense competition amongst nations. Everyone wanted to be better than other nations in a way that reinforced their superiority. Alliances…

fully capable of maintaining justice throughout their respective nation. Many countries are also not able to manage these issues themselves, and struggle to maintain justice throughout their respective nation. The struggle of not being able to assist one’s own country leaves a very large negative impact among the country, and leaves them wondering what options they have to improve the situation. A large portion of the time the nation amidst the struggle turns to the United States with a…

5 percent, the state would save up to 2.4 billion in crime costs (2013). 2.4 billion dollars would be saved just by raising the graduation rate of male students in California. Imagine increasing the graduation rate for men and women all around the nation. This would save the government billions of dollars in crime costs that would be put towards making public universities tuition free. There is a big difference between the cost of educating a student as to housing an inmate for one year.…