POLI 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Harm Principle, Totalitarianism, Proletariat
4 Sep 2014
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The political importance of the state: state: a monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force in enforcing its order within a given territorial area. The sovereign state: state as highest form of authority in a given territory; no external challenge to it. A typology of the state: states can be categorized based on how much they intervene in society and the economy, states can be classified according to how subject the leaders are to the will of the people. Most are very critical of large state bureaucracies. Object to the maintenance of a large military force, especially when it is deployed to fight overseas; believe that the only time a military force should be used is in self-defence when the country in under attack. Do not approve of welfare state programs such as universal health care. Believe that local government and private enterprise are the most efficient providers of the services that citizens really want and need.
