Political Science 1020E Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Montesquieu, Swiss-System Tournament, Representative Democracy
22 Mar 2016
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Arisen from cities, kingdoms, empires in 1500: particular altruism (fam) -> universal egoism (civil) -> universal altruism (state) Hegelian: history is the fulfilment of human conscious and state as the end of history, e. g. wilson. The state provides order and stability: threats to order according to neo-marixsts are state conflicts. Organizational approach (internal: institutions - police, etc, post-hegelian reject state = more than sum of its parts. Features of state: territory - demarcated, people - settled, sovereignty - absolute, public institutions not private, domination monopoly of coercion, legitimacy. International approach (adds to org: relations with other states. Tying the two together (dualism: territory: control of within + defence, sovereignty: authority within + freedom from outside, war: expansion and removal of internal conflict, protestant reform: split of church. Ir: states within a large system: based on systemic anarchy, connected with comp via war, globalization, etc. (ir impacts comp) Rise of the state: increasing responsibility:
