POLS 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Totalitarianism, Relativism, The Federalist Papers
24 Apr 2017
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A specific type of political organization where official institutions and society interact through the use of power: set of territorial boundaries, monopolizes rule making, controls the means of coercion, internationally sovereign. People within the state who seek an active role. People living in and subject to state policy but do not seek an active political role. Us rely on kurds heavily, but they are not a state because they do not have a set of territorial boundaries. Each place they say they inhabit is inside of another state. United states is a super state because we know where it begins and ends. The government monopolizes rule making, and the executive branch controls the means of coercion. 66% of the people cannot tell you what the 3 branches of government are. These people are part of the mere public. Group of people e(cid:373)po(cid:449)ered (cid:449)ith the authority to a(cid:272)t o(cid:374) (cid:271)ehalf of the state (cid:449)/ the legitimate use of force.
