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Nation, limits and sovereignty
ConceptA nation is imagined as a bounded political community with a claim to sovereignty.
Explanation or usage
Bounded means a nation is distinguished from other communities rather than encompassing all humanity. Sovereignty concerns political authority and self-rule. Imagining a nation does not mean it already has an independent state or that it contains no inequalities.
Common misunderstandings
A nation must include all humans or already have its own independent state.
In Imagined communities
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Distinguish an imagined political community from state institutions and from universal membership.