Civic nationalism, or civil nationalism, is the form of nationalism in which the state derives political legitimacy from the active participation of its citizenry, from the degree to which it represents the "will of the people". It is often seen as originating with Jean-Jacques Rousseau and especially the social contract theories which take their name from his 1762 book The Social Contract. Liberalism is an ideology, philosophical view, and political tradition which holds that liberty is the primary political value. ... Politics is the process by which groups make decisions. ... Liberalism is an ideology, philosophical view, and political tradition which holds that liberty is the primary political value. ... This is an (partial) overview of individuals that contributed to the development of liberal theory on a worldwide scale and therefore are strongly associated with the liberal tradition and instrumental in the exposition of political liberalism as a philosophy. ... 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Civic nationalism lies within the traditions of rationalism and liberalism, but as a form of nationalism it is contrasted with ethnic nationalism. Membership of the civic nation is considered voluntary. Civic-national ideals influenced the development of representative democracy in countries such as the United States and France (see the United States Declaration of Independence of 1776, and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789). The word tradition comes from the Latin word traditio which means to hand down or to hand over. ... In epistemology and in its broadest sense, rationalism is any view appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification (Lacey, 286). ... Liberalism is an ideology, philosophical view, and political tradition which holds that liberty is the primary political value. ... Ethnic nationalism is the form of nationalism in which the state derives political legitimacy from historical cultural or hereditary groupings (ethnicities); the underlying assumption is that ethnicities should be politically distinct. ... One of the most influential doctrines in history is that all humans are divided into groups called nations. ... Representative democracy is a form of democracy founded on the exercise of popular sovereignty by the peoples representatives. ... ... Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen: Revolutionary patriotism borrows familiar iconography of the Ten Commandments Wikisource has original text related to this article: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (French: La...

Civic nationalism, or civil nationalism is a form of nationalism in which the state derives political legitimacy from the active participation of its citizenry, acting voluntarily. The degree to which it represents the "common good" and "will of the people". It is often seen as originating with Jean-Jacques Rousseau social contract theories from his book The Social Contract of 1762.

Civic nationalism is cultivated and maintained through mores, rationalism, willyism, liberalism, and patriotism. Civic-national ideals influenced the development of representative democracy in countries such as the United States and France (see the United States Declaration of Independence of 1776, and the Declaration of the Rights of Man of the Citizen of 1789).

See also

• Civil society
• Community of place
• Imagined community
• Nation-building
• Social geography