Noun
nation state (plural nation states)
Alternative spelling of nation-state
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nation-state (plural nation-states)
(government, politics) A political entity (a state) associated with a particular cultural entity (a nation) and a sovereign territorial unit.
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You cannot have democratic accountability in anything bigger than a nation state. Václav Klaus
Nation state as a fundamental unit of man's organized life has ceased to be the principal creative force: International banks and multinational corporations are acting and planning in terms that are far in advance of the political concepts of the nation-state. Zbigniew Brzezinski
Everything has been globalised, except our consent. Democracy alone has been confined to the nation state. It stands at the border, suitcase in hand, without a passport. George Monbiot
One of the striking features of the form of globalisation that has now been established is that it is based on the premise that goods and even capital should be free to roam but labour must remain imprisoned within the nation state. Roberto Unger
The Ancient Egyptians were not fools, Carter. They built the pyramids. They created the first great nation state. Their civilization lasted thousands of years.” "Yeah,” I said. "And now they're gone. Rick Riordan
The dream of socialists, the Maximum Programme, has always been to eliminate the private property, the family and the nation state. With the private property they have not succeeded, but they continue on the path of destruction of the family and the nation. Vladimir Bukovsky