POLS 3490 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Teleology, The Strongest, Modernization Theory
7 Dec 2016
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State-building the creation of new governmental institutions and the strengthening of existing ones is a crucial issue for the world community today. Weak or failed states are close to the root of many of the world"s most serious problems, from poverty and aids to drug trafficking and terrorism. fukuyama. This core weakness has been at the root of recurrent political crises, coups d" tat and the proliferation of criminal networks. The weberian definition of a state is a minimalist definition. It only says that the state is the entity that a legitimate monopoly on the use of force. The state serves as a set of institutions (ministries, offices, army, police) that society deems necessary to achieve basic goals. The set of political institutions that help create and implement policies and resolve conflict. o"neil. For wesley and many realists violence is the most visible manifestation of state failure . States are products of violence: states are like protection rackets .
