POPULATION

POPULATION

1. About population2. Population Issues

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POPULATION

Consent to rule Basic needs met Nationalism, patriotism as unifier

NATION V. NATION-STATE Nation

Culturally and historically similar Feel a communal bond Want recognition

Possible self-governance Nation-state

Homogenous stateVery few ethnic minorities in country

Nation Nation-State

Swedish Sweden

Japanese Japan

Thai Thailand

Somali Somalia

Nation Country

ArabBerberMoroccan

Morocco

Russian ChechnyanTurkicCaucasian

Russia

SpanishBasqueCatalonian

Spain

CanadianIndigenousQuebecois

Canada

ZuluXhosaSothoAfrikaner

South Africa

Few States are Homogeneous = Problems

POPULATION ISSUES

3 Problems

1. One state, multiple nations<20% are nation-states Africa: 107 nations/ 54 states

2. One nation across multiple states3. Nation without a state

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Ethnic Groups

•Pashtun 42%•Tajik 27%•Hazara 9%•Uzbek 9%•Ismaili 4%•Nuristani 4%•Turkmen 3%•Baluchi 2%

PROBLEM 1: ONE STATE, MULTIPLE NATIONS

AFRICAN HETEROGENEITY

http://www.artheos.org/cgi-bin/get.pl?c0=&c1=&c2=&lang=eng&pg=1&O=2126&P=2015

PROBLEM 2: ONE NATION ACROSS STATES

Somalis•Somalia•Somaliland•Puntland

•Djibouti•Kenya•Ethiopia

http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2006/08/14/mapping-somalia/

Nations•Kurds•1 nation, 7 states

•Chechnyas•Basques•Catalans •Québecois•Others?

PROBLEM 3: NATION WITHOUT A STATE

LANGUAGE IN LATVIA

What is the situation in Latvia? How is this situation a population issue?

Nationalism Public forum to discuss issues Forcing Latvian language in public schools

minority unrestOutcome: rejected adding Russian as

official language http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17083397

Ethnic Russians = 1/3 population Required to learn Latvian for citizenship¤

NATO’S RUSSIAN CITY

What is the situation with Narva? Razed by SU colonized

How is this situation a population issue? Nationalism Minority among Estonians Ethnic Russians = 83% of Narva’s

population Citizenship is divided

Estonian – 47% Russian -37%

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POPULATION RECAP

• 4 qualities define state• Population challenge

One state, multiple nationsOne nation across multiple statesNation without a state

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