PSCI 110 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Authoritarianism, Net Impact, Autocracy

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State (sovereignty, security, changing ideas to policies, institutionalized), Levels of conflicts (exclusion, ethnic removal, genocide), Benefits of a state: ability to utilize the states economic resources efficiently, 1) economic resources. State will provide security so you don"t have to invest in your own security. You can save your personal economic resources for other thing: 2) technological innovations. Invest in new technology only if its long term. Lack of certainty and security lacks incentive for innovations: 3) national identity. Political organization is recognized as accepted way of governance of country by the common people. Sometimes it may be through history for example; Monarch, king of thailand provides necessities to general population. Doesn"t have to be in power for many decades. Traditional is based solely on the pass of time, can"t imagine what country would be without him. Charismatic is based on policy"s of leader and personality. Both are vulnerable, most states now rely on rational-legal.