Introduction to International Relations

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The Societal Level: Nationalism and War

I. Ingroups and Outgroups

(a) nations, ingroups, outgroups

(b) Piaget's studies of national identification

(c) Nationalism: liberal or exclusive?

II. Hypotheses about Nationalism and War

#1: The greater the disequilibrium between the number of nations and the number of states, the greater the danger of war.

(a)Number of nations greater than number of states

(b)The danger zones: Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the FSU

#2: Relationship between nationals outside the "homeland" and attitudes toward those nationals

(a)irredentism

(b)diaspora-accepting ideologies, immigrationist, and diaspora-annexing ideologies

#3: The greater the tolerance of national minorities, the less the prospect of war