The state and the exercice of power Flashcards
What is an institution?
Established organisations that present patterns of behaviour that give stability and predictability to social life
Institutions can be two ways:
Formal- state, gov, bureaucracies
Informal- family, education
Define the soverain state according to Weber
institution claiming a monopoly of legitimate use of physical force in enforcing order over a territorial area
What are the two levels a state can embody?
- Government, bureaucracy
- institution that survives the state, permament
What are the two types of soverainty?
De jure and de facto
Define De jure soverainty
legal sov., recognised by other states. legal right to rule supremely over a geographical area
De facto
Actual ability of government to exercice power and authority
What is an example of an internal challenge to soverainty?
Indigenous people still de facto soverains of their land but the government is de jure, which creates conflict
What is an example of an external challenge to soverainty?
Thigs that connect staes (social media, internet) take away the ability of states to exercice authority unilaterally
Name the three ways of exercising power
coercion: sheer power/ physical force
manipulation: illegitimate authority
consent: legitimate authority
what is weber’s 3 fold classification of authority?
- traditional: based on trzaditional value and customs (monarchs)
- charismatic: based on personaity and traits of a person (limits what is achievable)
- legal-rational: based on status of person’s office and legality of process by which they obtain this position (judges are nominated)
is state soverainty final?
no, states rely on each other politically and economically thus soverainty is not guaranteed and dependent on international factors
What is one of the factors that has blurred state lines ?
Globalisation: fragilised state sov. and made them dependent on other countries’ exports and trade
What is a territorial area (Weber)?
states authority is bound by its borders
cannot intervene in other states
Enforcing its order (Weber)
State has final say in how laws are made and enforced