Editing Nation state (section)

== Complexity ==
The relationship between a nation (in the ethnic sense) and a state can be complex. The presence of a state can encourage [[ethnogenesis]], and a group with a pre-existing ethnic identity can influence the drawing of territorial boundaries or argue for [[Legitimacy (political)|political legitimacy]]. This definition of a "nation-state" is not universally accepted. "All attempts to develop terminological consensus around 'nation' failed", concludes academic [[Valery Tishkov]].<ref>{{cite journal |first=Valery |last=Tishkov |s2cid=145643597 |title=Forget the 'nation': post-nationalist understanding of nationalism |journal=[[Ethnic and Racial Studies]] |volume=23 |issue=4 |year=2000 |pages=625–650 [p. 627] |doi=10.1080/01419870050033658}}</ref> [[Walker Connor]] discusses the impressions surrounding the characters of "[[nation]]", "[[Sovereign state|(sovereign) state]]", "nation-state", and "[[nationalism]]". Connor, who gave the term "[[ethnonationalism]]" wide currency, also discusses the tendency to confuse nation and state and the treatment of all states as if nation states.<ref>{{cite journal |first=Walker |last=Connor |title=A Nation is a Nation, is a State, is an Ethnic Group, is a... |journal=[[Ethnic and Racial Studies]] |volume=1 |issue= 4|year=1978 |pages=377–400 |doi=10.1080/01419870.1978.9993240}}</ref>