POL 2104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Comparative Politics, Indulgence, Protestantism
7 Dec 2018
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State as a central concept in comparative politics. Before the state (forms of political rule- prior to the state) The origins of the state (european form of political institution/ how it spread) Tendency in political science to take the state for granted / if i talk about the state we must know what i mean . Not to treat the state is imaginary/ they do have effects on population wtc. State has a lot of power (authoritative) When the state tells you to do something you"re going to like it (have to do it) Important to unpack the state/ hence important to study. The form of the canadian state today is diff from the state 50 years ago. With the study of the state is part of your everyday life. From the moment you"re born till after you die. Everything is regulated by the state (most things you do)
