GEOG 316 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Biopower, Micronation, Pirate Radio
1 Oct 2018
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Max weber: monopoly of legitimate use of physical violence. Worked at a time of political turmoil, post wwi. Power centralized with monarch, not a small group of nobles legitimate use of force is done by denying it to someone else. 2- central place where decisions come from (phys or abstract) 3- legible boundaries & clear limits to authority. 4- state can be only ones to create & enforce laws state defined by actions or structure (table on slide) Peace of westphalia 1648 established the principle that each state would have complete control of their territory. Modern state: internationally recognized (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1007) un, (cid:1006) per(cid:373) o(cid:271)ser(cid:448)ers, (cid:1005)(cid:1005) (cid:862)other(cid:863) Contested: recognized by some states, but not by others; taiwan, kosovo, northern cyprus, Kosovo is the only one on the list of 5 to be formally recognized as a state by canada. Acted like a state a la tilly & mann (war-making, state-making, etc. )
