Political Science 1020E Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Broken Windows Theory, Lyndon B. Johnson, Ordnungspolizei
1 Apr 2017
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Condition of being safe from harm or threats. Two spheres: maintenance of security in domestic sphere, maintenance of security in international sphere. Max weber: state has monopoly on legitimate violence (internal/domestic) Outside security: state providing protection against threats from beyond its own borders. Supports inside security no higher authority than the state inside . Makes maintaining outside security difficult because: assumes outside is anarchical . Changed scope of security from an inside/outside issue to a global issue. Blurring of domestic / international divide for security. Launched strategy for long war against non-state actors and rogue state that produce weapons of mass destruction or militant ideologies. Inherent vagueness legitimizes unlimited range of war. Central purpose of police: maintain domestic order. History: introduced in 19th century to combat high levels of social unrest and discontent after industrialization. Police and military: similar: both are disciplined, uniformed, and well trained, and armed, different:
