POLS 242 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Foregone Conclusion
20 Apr 2018
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Characteristics of modern states: characteristics of modern states (in ideal form, bureaucracy. Organization that has individuals operating and working under established, specified, and complex rules. States identified with institutions rather than the personalities of their leaders: sovereignty. States are the ultimate authority within their own specified democratic territories. The most important form of political organization in modern pols. In it"s ideal form, is characterized by centralized control of the use of force, bureaucratic organization, and the provision of public goods: state capacity. The ability of the state to achieve objectives like: controlling/minimizing violence, taxing citizens to meet the needs for public functions, maintain institutions and rule of law, failed states. State that can"t or doesn"t meet above criteria: a basic lack of state capacity, the state-society relationship. Well-functioning states are fairly autonomous yet are responsive to civil society. Causes and effects: why do states emerge: political/conflict theories.
