POL111H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Functional Response, Protection Racket, Nash Equilibrium
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The origins of the modern state (or a road map towards civility: First writing assignment-check tomorrow, due on jan 26 at 8am through the insight enhanced. First online assignment-tomorrow, available until next thursday. What is the state: its about an organization who are able to do violence within a certain territory. Can you be a citizen in the absence of a state. Threat of coercion: the health care system and universities are not violence producing. Social organizations do no legitimately produce violence: the purpose of the state is to produce and use violence, life-they use their right to use force on citizens to organize public life. Thursday, january-12-12: threat-such as j walking, you ensure there is no police. It is the principle producer of violence it has more power and to produce violence. Will-it can"t always perfectly enforce its will such as in driving speeds exceeding the limit.
