Nação, nacionalismo, Estado

Abstract

Nation and nationalism correspond to realities which have a strong effect on politics and which relate to the most concrete fact of daily life for all individuals: the State. In the periphery nationalism has a radically distinct nature if compared to the nationalist movements which developed in Europe and whose reputation was tarnished by Nazi-Fascism. The real world of the 21st century is a world in which conflicts and divergences prolifierate within and between States, and in which the permanent elaboration of norms and political action are inescapable realities. Attempts by States in the core of the world system to impose economic and social policies, the growing assimetries of wealth and power and the attempt of core States to impose on the periphery, through violence or economic pressure, changes in political and economic regimes lead to the re-emergence, on a greater scale, of anti-globalization movements and nationalisms.