PAP 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Canada Revenue Agency, Liberal Democracy, French Revolution

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Public Administration
• Course: PAP 1301
• Professor: Joseph Roman

Document Summary

: the study of power (state has lots of power over the people) i. e paying taxes. 2nd reason: the state is in our lives from birth to death: department of health, ministries of labor and education, canada revenue agency, states are a distinctly form of european origin and spread across the world through. States spread from europe because: colonialism, political form taken national state, war (30 years war) Religious war, a revolt in bohemia, protestants don"t like the fact emperor wants to be catholic, Bureaucracies are efficient because they are rules based. Mass majority of state institutions are asked to monitor people"s everyday lives. Makes population more standardized, which makes categories and checklists (i. e admissions for universities and colleges marks, space, admit: 3rd feature of state: cultural dimensions. State is always concerned about legitimacy (like owing allegiance, and actions such as paying taxes annually. ) The state has a monopoly on violence. States all have some form of political representation.