Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Civil Society
28 Dec 2017
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Make sense of the dualism of the state. Chart changes in the state since its emergence in history. Determine why the state acts and what we should let states do for us. Intro: states haven"t always existed, rival forms: cities, traditional kingdoms, empires, state model proved superior after 1500 (raising taxes effectively, increasing warfare, state model now universal, we may or may not always have states. International approach adds: effective government, relations with other states, but its all international and internal, territory: consolidation or control within, defense against intrusion from without, sovereignty: absolute authority within territory, freedom from external constraint. It protects its people from each other and also from external threats. Its borders define what i internal and external in the first place: emergence of the dual state, war military competition, winners expand territorial control, feudal arrangements break down, new institutions emerge and row. Split the universal church, leading rival to state.
