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What do you understand by the right to national self-determination?
How has this idea resulted in both formation of and challenges to nation-states?

Answer 1

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In simple words, right to National Self determination means that every nationality should have the right to determine the form of Government under which it would live. If it decides to live along with other nations in one state well and good. But if it decides to form a separate and independent government of its own it should have the right to do so. In one state there can be more than one Nation and a Nation can have more than one States.

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Answer 2

Nation is, to a great extent, an 'imagined community' held together by the collective beliefs, aspirations and imaginations of its members. It is based on certain assumptions like shared beliefs, common history, common territory, shared political ideals and common political identity that people construct about the collective whole with which they identify themselves. Unlike family its members are not linked with face-to-face relation. It is different from clans and other kinship groups as it is not based common descent. It is different from any lingual group as it is not based on a common language nor is it like a religious group as it does not share any common religion.