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12 Cards in this Set
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The State |
Independent, self-governing political community
Makes binding rules on a population
State broader than government |
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Modern State |
Much more active
Manage the economy Provide or regulate healthcare Offer social welfare Regulate the environment |
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Government |
The institutions and politicians who make decisions on behalf of the state
The leadership that runs the state |
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Failed States |
Nominally independent
Cannot enforce laws or maintain order Cannot protect Lives of Citizens Cannot provide Basic Services |
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Contested Territories |
Territorial disputes
Uncertain Futures Israel and Occupied territories Kashmir(India/Pakistan) East Asian island disputes |
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Treaty of Westphalia |
(1648) Signed after the Thirty Years War-
Credited by many for the birth of the modern interstate system Westphalian values are state-centric i.e.,they place countries/the nation-state at the heart of international affairs and at the center of the global system of power and order |
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Nation-State |
A sovereign state based on the people living in a country who share a sense of being a member of a particular nation”
Modern states referred to as nation-states In reality, many states not actually based on a single nation |
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Nation |
Group of people with a common identity Typically believe they should be self-governing in their traditional territories or homeland
(Navajo Nation) |
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Nationalism |
Based on the view that the nation-state is the best form of political community
Nation-State should be self-governing. Led to the creation of new states - Ethnic Nationalism: common ancestry, cultural traditions and language Sometimes oppress those who are not of the same ethnicity Civic Nationalism: shared political values and political history |
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Freedom |
Key political values, especially in democracies
Ability to act as one wants, without interference, restraints, coercion Functioning political communities place limits on individuals to prevent harm being done to others. |
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Negative Freedom |
Protect against physical and legal restraints
freedom from coercion, range of choices without the state asserting which is best |
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Positive Freedom |
Capacity to do something enjoyable or worth doing
provides the means(e.g. money, education). Responsibility to remove social and economic obstacles to freedom- So individuals in a primitive society with little or no government are less free than those who are subject to the laws of a modern, wealthy democracy |