PO111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Great Lakes, Non-Interventionism, Canadian Identity
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The state (textbook) an independent, self-governing political community whose governing institutions have the ability to make rules that are binding on the population that resides within a given territory (functions because we give these institutions the power) The state (weber) an institution that claims the legitimate use of force in enforcing its order within a given territorial area (ex. Haitian state considered falling apart because rebels were able to take over small towns and government was unable to establish authority) Highest authority within the state is itself. Up the ruler to decide the religion and political ideology of the state. The state an independent structure of laws and institutions that rulers (govt. ) are entrusted to administer on behalf of the community. Government is the who and the how of the state. Difference: the government is relatively transient (people in government change), while the state has a higher degree of permanence (bigger and broader)
