POL S101 Study Guide - Spring 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - International Law, Democracy, Ancient Greece

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL S101
• Professor: Greg Anderson

Document Summary

A typology of the state: states can be categorized based on how much they intervene in society and the economy: onight-watchman state odevelopmental state. Night-watchman state: sees the role of the state as minimal, typically restricted to the provision of security and property rights, favoured by both classical liberals and new right thinkers, minimization of state interference to maximize freedom. Developmental state: government and private business partner together to concentrate on rapid economic growth, or on greater social and economic equality through growth, prevalent in east asia following world war ii. A typology of the state: states can also be classified according to how subject the leaders are to the will of the people: oliberal democracy oilliberal democracy oauthoritarian state ototalitarian state (cid:1005) (cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1005)8-(cid:1004)(cid:1010)-(cid:1004)(cid:1009) Liberal democracy: free and fair elections, universal suffrage, personal liberty, and the protection of individual rights, e. g. , canada, the us, and india.