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State
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A territory with a population and a government whose existence and independence are recognized under international law.
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Authority
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The acknowledged right of a state to act or to rule.
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Legitimacy
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Recognition that a state has the right to wield authority within its borders.
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Sovereignty
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The principle that a state answers to no higher political or legal authority.
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Government
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The system of institutions, processes and laws responsible for addressing the needs of the residents of a state.
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Citizenship
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The idea of legally ‘belonging’ to a given state as a result of birth or being given citizenship, and having related rights and responsibilities.
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Nation
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A group of people who identify with one another on the basis of a shared history, culture, language, and myths.
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Nation-state
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A state whose citizens share a common national identity.
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Multinational state
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A state consisting of multiple different national groups living under a single government.
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Diaspora
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The scattering or movement of a population beyond its geographical or native homeland, or the population that lives over an extended area outside its homeland.
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Political system
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The interactions and organizations (including government) through which a society reaches and enforces collective decisions.
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Democracy
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A political system in which government is based on a fair and open mandate from all qualified citizens of a state, and is based on the rule of law.
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Democratization
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The process by which states build the institutions and processes needed to become stable democracies.
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Authoritarian system
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One in which power is concentrated in the hands of a ruling elite, which manipulates society in order to remain in power.
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Security state
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A state that follows the activities of its citizens through closed-circuit television, the monitoring of phone calls and internet use, and other means.
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