Lesson 4 - Nation, State, Globalization
Lesson 4 - Nation, State, Globalization
Lesson 4 - Nation, State, Globalization
of this activity?
ANALYZE THE RELATIONSHIP
AMONG NATIONS AND STATES
IN THE CONTEXT OF
GLOBALIZATION
Learning Competency 4
WHAT IS NATION?
• taken from the Latin word nasci which means "born"
giving the word a racial or ethnic meaning
ECONOMIC LIFE
ETHNICITY &
WHAT IS A STATE?
• taken from the Latin word stare which means "to stand"
- an institution through
which the state maintains
social order, provides
public services, and
enforces decisions that are
binding on all people
SOVEREIGNTY
- The state has the
supreme and absolute
authority within its
territorial boundaries.
- It has complete
independence, and
complete power to make
laws, shape foreign policy,
and determine its own
course of action.
DIMENSIONS OF
SOVEREIGNTY
• INTERNAL SOVEREIGNTY
- the ability of a state to exercise its
authority over its territory and people
• EXTERNAL SOVEREIGNTY
- complete freedom from external
control
PUERTO RICO: A
STATELESS NATION
Puerto Rico, a Spanish-speaking island region in
the Caribbean, is a United States territory, but
not one of the country's 50 states. Puerto Rico
has not been independent since the imposition
of Spanish rule in 1498 and they have been
under US control since then.
The Puerto Rican nationals are U.S. Citizens
and enjoy many rights that come
with citizenship, with certain restrictions
delineated by the federal government.
Categories of a state
EFFECTIVE
when it controls and taxes the entire territory, laws are mostly
obeyed, it provides general welfare and security, and only minor
corruption exists.
WEAK
when justice is bought and elections are often rigged, governmental
revenues go to private pockets, crime has penetrated politics, and
government is weak in fighting lawlessness, corruption, and poverty.
FAILED
when it is ruled by warlords, private army, and militias, the
national government does not exist, gun is the law, and
education and health standards decline.
ACTIVITY 2:
Choose the correct answer. Write A – effective, B – failed,
C - weak
1. What type of state provides general welfare and security?
2. Justice is bought and elections are often rigged. What type
of state is this?
3. What type of state when education and health standards
decline?
4. This type of state characterizes laws are mostly obeyed.
5. This type of state controls and taxes the entire territory?
ACTIVITY 2:
Choose the correct answer. Write A – effective, B – failed,
C - weak
6. What type of state when government is weak in fighting
lawlessness, corruption, and poverty?
7. What type of state shows governmental revenues go to private
pockets?
8. What type of state when only minor corruption exists?
9. Ruled by warlords, private army, and militias, what type of state is
this?
10.What type of state when gun is the law?
ACTIVITY 3: Reflection
Write your reflection on a ½ crosswise.
1.Define nation
2.Define state
3.Differentiate state and nation
REVIEW
Directions: Write TRUE if the given statement is correct and
FALSE if incorrect.