PO102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Human Capital
16 Jan 2018
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Week 2 lecture 1: the state, nation, nationalism. Clicker question: the ability to achieve an objective by influencing the behaviour of others is. Whose governing institutions have the ability to make rules. Those rules are binding on the population that resided in the territory. The institution that claims the legitimate use of force in enforcing its order within a given territorial area (max weber) 3 historical markers: the peace treaty of westphalia, the french revolution, the industrial revolution. Sovereign states emerge in 15th and 16th century europe. Replace feudalism: authority shared by church and monarch. Treaty ended a 30 year war about religion. Agreement that each state would decide the religion of its people. Religion was an internal matter that would be replicated. After revolution = sovereignty rests with people, parliament, or some combination. Impersonal authority begins to emerge (authority is placed in institutions rather than individuals due to their family background)
