POLS 2300 Lecture Notes - Harold Lasswell, David Easton, State Crown

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2300
• Professor: Tamara Small

Document Summary

State - crown: people, territory, sovereignty. You have power over the land and those people. The government of canada can make you do things (pay taxes, stop at red lights) Refers to the authority and the ___ of the state. Authority is sought that the state has the right to make the decisions, it is reasonable. Legitimacy, citizens think that the state has that right as well. Government: our government is no elected by the people. Only the people from calgary west voted for stephen harper. Governments act in the name of the state. Organization of people for the resolution of dispute/conflict. Car is the state, stephen harper is the driver. The car that is the state is the same. State that was enacted in 1867 is the same as it is today, except the driver has changed. Harold lasswell: who gets what, when and how .