BIOC 301 Lecture 8: lecture 16
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Set of institutions that include: political decision-makers (elected or not, administrative units (bureaucracy, armies/police, attached to a geographic territory (i. e. border, maintain a monopoly on rule-making, coercion and violence- weber. Sometime there is disagreement were the border is: i. e. arctic, taiwan. Nations are cultural entity that exist inside state (i. e. quebec is a nation, first nations are also considered nation) States shape culture: laws, educational curricula & practices. States provide public goods- i. e. education, healthcare, protects democracy, roads, parks, safety, welfare programs. State structure our opportunities: create infrastructure, generate incentives i. e. state encourages donations and giving birth to a child by deducting taxes. State provide forums for working out social conflicts. States, like other institutions, change over time. Multiculturalism is shaped by states via education. State can control and pass laws that can help you produce more weapons, good taxation and thus wealthier state: controlled by nobility. Spread of democracy (1776-early 1900s) diffused access and control over state power.
