POLA02H3- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 61 pages long!)
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The state = central apparatus of political coercive power in a particular national territory: examples include the police, military, welfare office. Government = the governing body of a state, nation, or community. The diffrence between countries, nations, states, and governments https://study. com/academy/lesson/the-difference-between-countries-nations-states-and- governments. html. Political revolution = instances in which government or political regime is overthrown by popular movement in an irregular fashion: mass protests, very common. Social revolution = rapid, fundamental, and often violent franstomaiton of a country"s state structure, social structure, that is accompanied by mass-based revolts. Create durable authoritarian regimes, create humanitarian catastrophes, foster new global ideologies. Class structure: large scale nationalization of private property, major land reform, destruction of land owning class. This will be very violent as many wealthy landowners will be upset that their land is being taken away. Religious transformation: introduction of sharia, new religious ideas and traditions. State transformation: destruction of old army and other state organizations, creation of new ones.
