Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Economic Inequality, Iranian Revolution, Kyoto Protocol
30 Aug 2018
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Access to: healthcare, education, clean water, food. Actor: any person or body whose decisions and subsequent action have repercussions for international politics. Examples: amnesty international, eu, hizballah, obama, wal-mart, nato. State: compulsory association claiming control over a territory and the people within it. Acts as the institutional system of political domination and has a monopoly on the. Its major task is to provide for the resolution of con ict, to regulate relationships through lawmaking and preserve internal order and provide defence from outside threats. Tuesday, january 9, 2018: 4 key characteristics: Monopoly on the legitimate use of force. Nationalism: when nations assert themselves politically; tend to: exercise a right to self-determination (how they will be governed) Irredentism: taking back territory/ taking territory they believe is theirs (i. e. : germans) Nation-state: where state and national community combine. Sovereignty: supreme political power of the state: power to make laws. Absolute: de facto (autonomy; by right or not) sovereignty< i. e. : brexit.
