Nation vs State

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Nation vs State

• Media Production 3
• Tanya Bezzasso

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Nation

• nations
• Pronunciation 'nA-shn
• Function noun
• Etymology Middle English nacioun, from Middle
  French nation, from Latin nation-, natio birth,
  race, nation, from nasci to be born akin to
  Latin gignere to beget -- more at KIN
• 1 a (1) NATIONALITY 5a (2) a politically
  organized nationality (3) a non-Jewish
  nationality ltwhy do the nations conspire --
  Psalms 21 (Revised Standard Version)gt b a
  community of people composed of one or more
  nationalities and possessing a more or less
  defined territory and government c a
  territorial division containing a body of people
  of one or more nationalities and usually
  characterized by relatively large size and
  independent status
• 2 archaic GROUP, AGGREGATION

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State

• Pronunciation 'stAt
• Function noun
• Usage often attributive
• Etymology Middle English stat, from Old French
  Latin Old French estat, from Latin status, from
  stare to stand -- more at STAND
• 1 a a body of persons constituting a special
  class in a society ESTATE 3 b plural the
  members or representatives of the governing
  classes assembled in a legislative body c
  obsolete a person of high rank (as a noble)
• 2 a a politically organized body of people
  usually occupying a definite territory
  especially one that is sovereign b the
  political organization of such a body of people c
  a government or politically organized society
  having a particular character lta police stategt
  ltthe welfare stategt
• 3 the operations or concerns of the government
  of a country

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• Nation
• A people who share common customs, origins,
  history, and frequently language a nationality.
  A relatively large group of people organized
  under a single, usually independent government a
  country.

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The nation is a principle of identity
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• State
• A politically organized body of people under a
  single government.

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The state is pragmatically operational through
technology
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• Nation
• A community of people with a common government
  and usually sharing a common language and
  culture.

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We identify with our nation
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• State
• In the classification, state refers to the
  level of government that has the authority for
  the delivery of services and is distinguished
  from local.

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Technologies maintain state surveillance
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• Nation
• Political organization that claims sovereignty
  over a defined territory and jurisdiction over
  the people in that territory.

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Nationalism gives a unified sense of place and
time
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• State
• The territory occupied by one of the constituent
  administrative districts of a nation.

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The state keeps records of its citizens
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• Nation
• Once a synonym for "ethnic group," designating a
  single culture sharing a language, religion,
  history, territory, ancestry, and kinship now
  usually a synonym for state or nation-state.

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National Diversity
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• State
• A set of attributes representing the properties
  of a component at some point in time.

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States rule particular territories
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• Nation
• A group of people living together in a certain
  area under the same government country.

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• The sacrifice of war is something that propels
  the illusion of the nation, for whether positive
  or negative, the nation is always, and to some
  extent, an illusion.

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• State
• The group of people comprising the government of
  a sovereign state.

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• The state is an entity to which one belongs,
  whether one likes it or not.

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References

• Murphie, Andrew and John Potts (2003). Culture
  and technology. New York, New York p181-182.
• www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn
• www.highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072426527/
  student_view0/chapter12/key_terms.html
• www.infoweb.newsbank.com/correlationbank/StateCorr
  elations/CO/civics/civigloss.htm
• www.miriam-webster.com/
• www.members.tripod.com/tutor_me/book/glossary.htm
  
• www.nasaexplores.com/lessons/01-062/k-4_glossary.h
  tml
• www.ncjj.org/stateprofiles/asp/glossary.asp
• www.web-savvy.com/river/schuylkill/glossary.html
• www.w3.org/TR/ws-gloss/