POL 607 Lecture 2: 2.2 - states, nations, government
17 May 2016
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State - institutions: definition: institutions of political authority that exists in a given country, includes things like parliaments, congresses, pms, presidents, military, courts, police, etc. All things that maintain political authority in a given jurisdiction/country: understood to be the only institution in society that can use force against the population. Don"t get charged with doing anything wrong because the state transferred their right to force to the soldier: roughly 200+ states worldwide, to exist it has to have: Population how big doesn"t really matter, it is important that the people in the country get along i. e. are there tribal/ethnic divisions? (need stability and cooperation among people to achieve a stable society), sense of identity, competence. Territory have to have legal historical claim to a piece of land, size doesn"t matter, location matters (being stuck between hostile countries that are warlike sucks i. e. poland is between germans and.
