POLSCI 1G06 Lecture 9: Lecture 9a (OCT29).doc
24 Jun 2015
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{political science 1g06 2013 lecture 9a the state} The state as an institution has a history. It is not the only way of organizing political authority and political community. Nation is an identity while a state is a country". According to dickerson and flanagan: a state is defined by the joint presence of. State is institutional continuity while gov"t is passing three factors: population, territory, and sovereignty. A state exists when a sovereign power effectively rules over a population residing within the boundaries of a fixed territory . Note that all of the bolded terms have a history that needs to be further explored: sovereignty. It is an institution with its own history. Practically who and what is sovereign is blurred. In canada the queen can be seen as a sovereign but then the governor general signs the bill, however the parliament put the bills forward . it can go on. As an institution, sovereignty has both internal and external aspects.
