Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Dissolution Of The Soviet Union, Border Control, Westphalian Sovereignty
23 Nov 2017
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Make sense of the dualism of the state. Chart changes in the state since its emergence in history. Determine why the state acts and what we should let states do for us. Defining the state: defining the state relates to the backdrop in which we do things. First approach hegelian idealism: gradual fulfillment over time of human consciousness and ideas. Ideas in motion, more important ideas determine the circumstances of history: development, family: particular altruism (confined to your own family, civil society: universal egoism [moving beyond family into a civil engagement, no ethical content] Second approach functionalism: you will get only what you need. 1: state as a provider of order and stability, what threatens order and stability, haywood: what threatens order is class conflicts (ex. Neo-marxists), the state maintains class peace: the functionalist explanation: the state is whatever seems to work.
