POL 128 Lecture 5: POL128SEPT20

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POL 128
• Professor: Joseph Zboralski

Document Summary

Institutions of political authority. e. g. parliament, police, military. Only institution give right to use force against population. They can take your property if justified by law. Needed to be a state: population, skills matter (e. g. education, u(cid:374)ity of populatio(cid:374) (cid:373)attes, (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e tri(cid:271)es that are al(cid:449)ays fighti(cid:374)g (cid:449)ith ea(cid:272)h other, territory, historical or legal claim must be there to be recognized. Location of territory does matter (location impacts agriculture etc. Nation is a group of people with common identity based in race, ethnicity, language, historical experiences, etc. Nationalism= what binds you to the group, desire for independence, two forms; ethnic vs civic. Civil: identification based on political sy(cid:373)(cid:271)ols. (cid:862)a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374) drea(cid:373)(cid:863)