Nation-building
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Nation-building is the process of constructing or structuring a national identity through the utilization of state power. The objective of nation-building is to achieve the unification of the populati
A postcard from 1916 showing national personifications of some of the Allies of World War I, each holding a national flag
State-building
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State-building as a specific term in social sciences and humanities, refers to political and historical processes of creation, institutional consolidation, stabilization and sustainable development of
Nation-building
…and increasingly accepted by international institutions) sees state-building as an indigenous process. For a discussion of the definitional issues, see state-building, Carolyn Stephenson's essay, and the papers by Whaites, CPC/IPA or ODI cited below. The confusion over terminology has meant that more recently…
One of the earliest examples of state-building iconography: Two sides of the Narmer Palette (31st century BC) depicting pharaoh Narmer, wearing White Crown of Upper Egypt (recto), and Red Crown of Lower Egypt (verso), thus representing the unification of the land