Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Border Control, Federal Security Agency, Constitutionalism
Security Domestic and International
ļ¶Security and the State
ļDuality
ļ§External anarchy internal order
ļSecurity
ļ§Salty form harm or threats
ļBased on states capacity to
ļ§Maintain order within borders
ļ§Protect against eternal threats
ļ16th centaury onwards
ļ§Long decline of domestic crime and violence
ļ§People become more restraint and society more civilised
ļ18th 19th
ļ§Police replace military as the main providers of domestic order
ļ¶The domestic role of the military
ļMilitary
ļ§Extension of the states monopoly of violence
ļ§Arm of executive
ļ§Can deter suppress rebellion and revolution
ļ§Regime falls when the military ceases to defend it
ļ§Military may offer itself as an alternative to civilian rule
ļPolice
ļ§Liberal, sustains Rule of Law Impartiality, consensually
ļ§Conservative, props us state authority in face of constant threat of
disorder
ļ§Radical, the police is in service to elites, requires constant checks and
challenges
ļBroken Window Theory
ļ§The read relative lawlessness because of the broken window
ļ§Have to keep the community looking as if it was looked after
ļ§What happened in Ferguson an extremely large white police force was
using black minority fines and offences
ļA Police State
ļ§The police do not rule themselves, central instrument of Rule
ļ§Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law are set aside
ļ§Cases, Nazi Germany, the SU and Pinochetās Chile
ļExternal and Internal
ļ§Ever more difficult to sustain with
ļ·Globalization
ļ·9/11
ļ·Enables securitization
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Document Summary
Long decline of domestic crime and violence. People become more restraint and society more civilised. Police replace military as the main providers of domestic order. Extension of the states monopoly of violence. Regime falls when the military ceases to defend it. Military may offer itself as an alternative to civilian rule. Liberal, sustains rule of law impartiality, consensually. Conservative, props us state authority in face of constant threat of disorder. Radical, the police is in service to elites, requires constant checks and challenges. The read relative lawlessness because of the broken window. Have to keep the community looking as if it was looked after. What happened in ferguson an extremely large white police force was using black minority fines and offences. The police do not rule themselves, central instrument of rule. Constitutionalism and the rule of law are set aside. Cases, nazi germany, the su and pinochet"s chile.