Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Totalitarianism, Dualism, Comparative Politics
26 Feb 2016
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State from internal society, for which it provides rules and order. State from the international sphere in which it competes with other states, in the absence of order. Comparative politics: states as units of analysis: compare units, and studies politics under state-provided order. International relations: states within state system: begins with concept of anarchy, examines state interactions in absence of rules and enforcement, has explored surprising sources of order. Connected in many ways: war drove state formation, globalization has arguably weakened states, state failure- civil/international wars. States formally equal (e. g. , un) even if you are tiny state and no power you are still a state and equal (if highly unequal in capacity) Therefore, state bias in favour of dominant class. Therefore, the state bias in favour of men. States have interests of their own (the people in the state have their own things they want to do) Minimal: just provide essential public goods- roads, police, defence.
