SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Mass Media, Nationstates, Deterritorialization
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State: specific territory held together by a centre of power, with clear drawn boundaries on map and land. Every resident of the area belonging to the state is subject to the authority of the state. Authority of the state: ability to declare and enforce the law of the land. Coercive force: state has a monopoly over the legitimate means of violence. Any use of physical force not authorized by the state is condemned as an act of violence. Regionalism: which state power may be seen as an adversary of local autonomy; specificity of local interest and issued become singled out as sufficient reasons for aspirations to the self-management of local affair. De-territorialization: territorial basis of state power being open to challenge. Not all states are national and not all nations have states of their own. Laws: announced and guarded by the state determine thee duties and the rights of the state subjects.
