POLI 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Territorial Authorities Of New Zealand, October Crisis, War Measures Act

• School: UBC
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 100
• Professor: Barbara Arneil

Document Summary

Poli 100 - lecture 4 - the modern state. A state emerged in the 16th/17th centuries: response to catholic church 16th century. Response to the english civil war 17th century: brings out a new idea of ruler. Power coming form the citizens, not god. Treaty of westphalia 1648: sovereign territorial authority. Basic tenets of the early modern state: secular authority in a given territory, sovereign: supreme law making powers, state"s purposes: Legislative - parliament, congress: to pass laws. Executive - cabinet: to develop and enforce laws. Judicial - courts: to interpret laws. Administrative - bureaucracy: to administer and provide advice on laws. Socialization/educational function - schools and university: to teach young citizens the system of government and laws. Coercive function - police, military, prisons: max weber: state = monopoly on the legitimate use of force within a given territory". Definition: the fundamental principles, rules and conventions by which that state is governed".