CH 8 ESSENTIAL QUESTION

MULTINATIONAL STATE

• A state that has more than 2 nations present in the state.
• It contains two different ethnic groups, and they live peacefully.
• They abide by self-determinism, and they recognize each other as different nationalities.

EXAMPLES OF MULTINATIONAL STATES

• Former Soviet Union (Till 1990s)
• Russia (now, 39 nationalities)
• United Kingdom (now, Scotland, Wales, and N Ireland)
• China and Taiwan
• Korea, and western Sahara

INHERENT INSTABILITY

WHAT IS DEVOLUTION?

• Central government gives power to other regional governments.
• Ex. UK split its powers and allocated powers to Scotland, N Ireland, and Wales.
• New regional governments are created, this is not a law or rule.
• Central government can implement or take away the powers at anytime.
• Sometimes, powers cannot be taken away because they do not want to give up their freedom.

WHAT IS A CENTRIPETAL FORCE?

• Pulls or attracts objects inward
• Forces unify people in an area

WHAT IS A CENTRIFUGAL FORCE?

• Pull or attract objects outward
• Repel people from each other in an area and spreads them apart
• Ex. Merry-go-round, you are being pulled away from the center
• That is a centrifugal force acting on you.

DEVOLUTION VS CENTRIFUGAL FORCE

• Devolution is a response to centrifugal forces
• Government spreads out powers after forces try to pull away from the center
• Devolution is an action after forces act on a subject
• No unity or unifying force, there is a pull outward

STATELESS GROUPS

HOW ARE STATELESS GROUPS CREATED?

• Form of government action or choice, punish people by taking away citizenship
• Leaving them with no aid, and thus stateless, ex. Adolf Hitler took away citizenship of all Jews
• They were desperate and left stateless
• Also, when war destroys homelands, houses and property,
• They are considered alien, no longer supported by the government

QUESTIONS??

IF EXTRA TIME..

• When did former Soviet Union split?
• How many current nationalities in Russia?
• What are the other 3 nationalities in UK?
• How does devolution and centrifugal forces work with multinational state?
• What is a centripetal force? Example of stateless groups and explain how they are created?

THANK YOU 😄