POLI 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Anthony Giddens, Structuration Theory, Nationstates
23 Nov 2017
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Institutions: regular patterns of behavior that give stability & predictability to social life, formal: codified rules, e. g. gov, political parties, law courts. Impact of a configuration of institutions: path-determinacy or path-dependence. Agency: focuses on power & effect of agents. Government innovations of american revolution: deliberate formulation of a new frame of government by way of a popular. Convention: written constitution, bill of rights enshrined within it, guaranteed protection for these rights through judicial review, separation of powers along functional lines, division of powers between national & state governments. When napoleon attempted to extend french power through-out. Colonialism: primary purpose was exploitation of resources, spread european bureaucratic structures world-wide, if only in simplified form, when colonies gain independence, they use structures already in place. In patrimonial states, state worked to extract resources for benefit of ruler alone. Modern state: defined in terms set out in the treaty of montevideo (1933), which relies on.
