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Source : Korean EBS SAT Light - Unit 21, No 2
Perhaps the strongest and most dangerous political force in the world today is nationalism.
Nationalism is the belief of a people that they have the right and the duty to constitute themselves as a nation-state.
Religion, language, and a history of immigration or oppression are among the shared experiences that can cause a people to feel that they ought to have their own state. The situation of the French-speaking population of Quebec is a good example.
Their language and their history of discrimination in English-dominated workplaces set the Quebecois apart from English-speaking Canadians.
In 1995, the people of Quebec narrowly defeated a separatist referendum, but it is still possible that nationalist sentiments in Quebec may result in the formation of a new nation on the North American continent.
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If the people of Quebec defeated the referendum, why didn't they get separated? Does it mean they were defeated?
Perhaps the strongest and most dangerous political force in the world today is nationalism.
Nationalism is the belief of a people that they have the right and the duty to constitute themselves as a nation-state.
Religion, language, and a history of immigration or oppression are among the shared experiences that can cause a people to feel that they ought to have their own state. The situation of the French-speaking population of Quebec is a good example.
Their language and their history of discrimination in English-dominated workplaces set the Quebecois apart from English-speaking Canadians.
In 1995, the people of Quebec narrowly defeated a separatist referendum, but it is still possible that nationalist sentiments in Quebec may result in the formation of a new nation on the North American continent.
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If the people of Quebec defeated the referendum, why didn't they get separated? Does it mean they were defeated?
