POLI 359 Lecture Notes - Westphalian Sovereignty, De Jure
10 Sep 2013
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Characteristics of the state: spatial entity. Socially constructed no states without the actual physical intervention of human intervention. Do not simply exist, product of purposeful intervention in the physical environment. State was only critical about 600 years ago. Socially constituted human beings populate the state, lay claim to the territorial parameters that comprise these states. Claims can come from a variety of places (settlement claims. Subjectively constituted those people who constructed the state have a sense of belonging to the state. Comprised of a set of governing institutions that we collectively identify as the state apparatus. Where the governing power of the state flows. Anthropomerphism treating something (e. g. the state) as having human characteristics. Government the leadership and supporting staff that is empowered to exercise the power of the state: sovereign entity. All power resides in the state. (located in the state) by virtue of the offices they hold.
