POLI 227 Final: Poli 227 Final Exam Prep

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 227
• Professor: Philip Oxhorn

Document Summary

Sometimes the repression apparatus is so corrupt that it becomes fragile and collapses, with no supporters. The collapse of east european communism compared to. Nothing motivated the regime to repress its citizens- the regime had become so corrupt that it let the old order collapse. When people become frustrated of the status quo- political instability. Capacity to design and implement effective policies = capacity of the state. goes beyond repression. In pursuit of some form of public good. Capable states can also maintain some level of responsiveness. Citizenship as cooptation- the public good is narrowly defined but maintains stability- political obedience. Bureaucratic authoritarian regimes: high levels of repression. States collapse at the aftermath of civil war. successful revolutions. When the state loses its monopoly over its legitimate use of coercion, it loses it because there are so many competing groups claiming to use that legitimate use of coercion.