Rise of Nationalism in Europe Quiz

The Rise of Nationalism in Europe and Dimensions of Power Sharing

• Nationalism in Europe was influenced by the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars.
• American professor Leon Baradat defined nationalism as a call for people to identify with their national group and support the creation of a nation-state.
• Nationalism led to the transformation of Europe from monarchy rule to self-determination and national governments.
• Germany and Italy were formed by uniting regional states with a common national identity, while Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Poland were formed through uprisings against empires.
• Romania was formed by the unification of Moldavia and Wallachia and later gained independence from the Ottoman Empire.
• National awakening grew out of an intellectual reaction to the Enlightenment and emphasized national identity and cultural self-expression.
• G. W. Friedrich Hegel was a key proponent of the modern idea of the nation-state.
• Power-sharing is a practice in conflict resolution where multiple groups distribute political, military, or economic power among themselves according to agreed rules.
• Since the end of the Cold War, power-sharing systems have become increasingly common in negotiating settlements for armed conflict.
• Two common theoretical approaches to power sharing are consociationalism and centripetalism.
• Power-sharing agreements contain provisions relating to political, economic, military, or territorial control.
• Political power-sharing involves rules governing the distribution of political offices and the exercise of decision-making powers, and can be achieved through grand coalition formation or sequential access to political office.