Cultural Norms

An interesting point to ponder is the extent to which cultural norms and laws play a part in the formation of states. Are states merely that—cultural norms and laws and the effects of these two concepts? To fully understand this issue we must look at a study on the formation of states and then test this theory by looking into the gender issues of marital infidelity, labor, and how property laws differ according to gender in relation to different cultures.

According to Smith’s book modern states, or states formed after the 1850s, are divided into two categories. One category is the Territorial Nation (mostly Western countries) and the other category is the Ethnic Nation (mostly Eastern coutries). The purpose and scope of this paper will focus on Smith’s definition of the Territorial Nation. Smith defines the Territorial nation/state as a state that has geographically bounded areas, it has citizenship, and to keep the state functional it must have some sort of legality and a sense of common culture. The idea of having a geographically bounded area is self-explanatory in that it means that the state must have some sort of set boundaries that separate it from other nation/states a

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