SOC 105 Lecture 4: 9/8/15
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The idea that the state is able to influence the way people think broadly about the world. Ii: tilly(1990) argues that the military is at the heart of the modern state. ]military- a way to maintain borders: the only sanctioned violence is state sanctioned violence, a monopoly on the means and modes of coercion allows the state to maintain control of the domestic sphere. In a geopolitical context threat of/ability to wage war grounds much foreign policy. Determined as so toxic that no one can live on/around them. In 2014, u. s. special operations forces were deployed in 133 nations, up from. 60 at the end of the bush presidency. And it is indeed a golden age for special operations. -general joseph votel lll(current commander of socom: cia uses existing facilities in djibouti, ethiopia, and the uae for covert drone wars. Top secret network of government and its contractors.
