SOC 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Standing Army, Nationstates, Deterritorialization

• School: Pace University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 102
• Professor: Aygenc Akman

Document Summary

A political apparatus (cid:523)gov"t & public offices(cid:524). W/ the ability to use legitimate force: not all societies had states (i. e. hunters-gatherers) A specific form of political organization centralization of political power: 16th century economic changes in trade & the growing wealth of towns. Demand for more rational & central administration. Sovereignty: power, authority, & jurisdiction over a territory & the ppl living in it. Characteristics of the modern world, in which membership is defined as citizenship instead of subjects. The power to rule is limited to a spatially demarcated territory. Citizenship: common rights & duties for the members of a national community. Civil rights: freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom to exercise religion, right to own property, right to equal justice before law. Political rights: right to participate in elections, run for public offices, etc. Social rights: sickness benefits, unemployment benefits, guaranteed minimum wage.