GOV 365N Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Environmental Performance Index, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Communist Manifesto
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Part 1 of 2 worksheet 1: identity of the state, nation and its challengers. We will also be discussing three indexes and using them for some comparisons this week: Sovereignty the authority of state to govern itself or other states, the authority over a territory that is indisputable or has no challengers. Authority - the power or moral (perception of morality) right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience. Need civic religion to allow for a moral" movement that people agree with. When other states/citizens recognize authority of a regime. Power the ability to make an actor do something against their will, establishing options, rational/irrational. Hegemony - leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others. One state w/ increased or abundance of power. Modern state a human community that claims a monopoly of legitimate use of physical force within a given territory.
