P SC 2603 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Quasi

• School: University of Oklahoma
• Department: Political Science
• Course: P SC 2603
• Professor: degirmen

Document Summary

Collective of people who share a territory and a culture (language, values, Nationalism pursuit of a set of claims from self defined members of the nation, includes territorial claim. Different cultural backgrounds, not territorially concentrated (usa) state with a unified people that share a culture (all consider. Nation state: themselves a part of the same nation) Stateness: multinational states diverse societies where cleavages are territorially concentrated (georgia, sudan) Quasi state: has all the qualities of a state but is not recognized by the un. Territorial effectiveness state is limited in control of territory. Turkey state has issue controlling the east (kurds) Functional effectiveness rule of law; state has difficulty enforcing law with all groups in population (elites, religious groups) Non state actors that have influence and can weaken the state (drug cartels) State autonomy ability of state to make unrestricted decisions by international and domestic actors. State capacity refers to ability to make and implement decisions effectively.