POL114H5 Lecture Notes - Hillary Clinton, Drug Cartel, Polyarchy
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Weber"s state it is a concept that covers politics and territory. A state is a concept of organizing authority across a territory. Weber"s definition: a human community that (successfully) claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory. Example: in practice money is value; in reality money is paper and sheet metal, so hence we reify money. This is a compilation of reading summaries and lecture materials combined according to the specified dates. The state will remove anyone who challenges their monopoly and can exert their force (i. e. decimating the mafia, drug cartel, gangs etc. ) Weber would believe somalia is not a state or it is in question because the state does not successfully claim the monopoly. Notion of territory is imperative to the state. The us cannot go into mexico to chase a criminal once that person has crossed borders the. Us has no authority unless agreed upon by the 2 states.
