Political Science 1020E- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 73 pages long!)
29 Mar 2018
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P o l i t i c a l s c i e n c e 1 0 2 0 e. States haven"t always existed (medieval europe: independent city states) End of history= full development of state (germany) Many people think individual freedom as end of history. Organizational approach: state as specific set of institutions: bureaucracy, military, police, courts, etc, why treat these collectively as the state , after hegel, political scientists rejected the concepts as abstract and unnecessary. Organizational features: territory-demarcated area defensible borders, people-community defined by territorial boundaries, sovereignty- final and absolute authority within territory, public institutions and roles, domination- max weber: monopoly of coercion within a given territory, legitimacy- makes domination easier to swallow. Protects its people from each other and also from external threats. Borders define what is internal and external in the first place. > feudalism: war made the state, large number of unequal and mutual relationships.
