POSC 351 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Robert A. Dahl, United Nations Economic Commission For Latin America And The Caribbean, Neoliberalism
31 Aug 2018
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Posc 351: politics & economic of latin america: 2 models of democracy, us liberal democracy. Robert dahl: latin american citizen democracy. Criticise both the politics of latin america and of america. The concept of the state- max weber. Monopoly of legal violence legal system that must be followed or the state can harm: core concept of modern public law. However, this monopoly is limited to a certain geographical area, and in fact this limitation to a particular area is one of the things that defines a state. " Weber describes the state as any organization that succeeds in holding the exclusive right to use, threaten, or authorize physical force against residents of its territory. Such a monopoly, according to weber, must occur via a process of legitimation. Countries that have state: spain, united kingdom, france, mexico, places that do(cid:374)"t palesti(cid:374)e, afgha(cid:374)ista(cid:374). Sociology influence- sociological structure, what happens in society is important! Influence of social interacts and actions: inequality, social class.
