Concept Of Nation State Analysis

Critic the concept of nation state and examine its relevance in contemporary international political economy. By Rumbidzai Musonza
Introduction
The idea of a nation state defines a modern independent state with a written constitution. It is defined by a territory and it marks its identity. Nation state is a response to globalisation and it results from various factors which include regulatory institutions, international trade organizations and agreements. This essay will build up on historical ideas drawing on the nationalism theory and using a realist view on the conceptualization of nation states. More the essay will also argue on the role in which nation states promotes economic globalisation through the relationship between the markets

A state is characterized by two principles and these are a political economy and a specific mode of production but however other scholars can argue against the definition. Scholars like Held (2006) argues that a state is characterized by a relationship between the people and their sovereignty hence one can connect this relationship by placing a state in a capacity to maintain peace of its people, freedom, life and well-being of the citizens.
Pick (2011), posits that a nation state is a state which abides primarily to an identity and this identity is called nation or nationality. This brings to mind that states can only have one nation and also nations can only have one states because nationality develops from a state. There are various characteristics that characterizes a state and one of them is a common language for easier communication even though many nations can speak the same like taking for instance Britain and Ireland speak the same language which is

This political system should have an executive, legislature and a judiciary system on which its operations may be good or bad depending on how it is accepted nationwide (Hont, 1994). However one can argue that such characteristics in a nation state can also be seen in personal states expect in those states where there is civil war and political subjection. One should note that, nation states are sovereign and legitimate.
To support this view of legitimacy, Pick (2011) argues that a nation state should be sovereign and also legitimatised because by nature the sense of belonging of an individual lies in nationality. As noted before, if there is one state for each nation there is no political subjection of nations hence sovereignty is noticed. This brings to mind that, a nation state cannot be under legal authority of another nation state or any other body. A nation’s government has to therefore be respected and accepted by citizens as a sign of loyalty and making the government an authority to the