Chapter 5- The state

Question 1

What are the 3 types of authority according to max weber

Answer 1

Traditional:
Chiefs and Elders
“Sanctity of Immemorial Traditions”
Charismatic:
Exceptional Individual
Faith, Secular Ideology
Rational-Legal:
Rules, Procedures, Expertise, Specialized Knowledge
Formal Position
Bureaucracy

Question 2

what are the 2 types of state

Answer 2

Rights-Based State
The Rights-Based State is associated with democracy
Importance of the Constitution

Nation State
Territory
Centralized Power

Question 3

What are the 3 Types of Regime

Answer 3

Democratic, Authoritarian, Totalitarian

Question 4

what is Moore’s conditions for a democraty

Answer 4

Moore’s Conditions for Democracy:

1. Neither Monarchy nor Landed Aristocracy should dominate
2. No Bourgeoisie, No Democracy
3. Development of Commercial Agriculture
4. No massive reservoir of peasants
5. A Revolutionary Break must occur

Question 5

What is a democratic Regime

Answer 5

Free Elections
Majority Rule
Respect for the Opposition
Constitutionalism
Fundamental Rights
	Rule of Law

Question 6

What is an authoritarian Regime

Answer 6

No Real Elections
No Alternance
Gov’t./Citizen Relations Based on Force (not
on argument)

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Not a State of Law

Question 7

What is a Totalitarian Regime

Answer 7

Destroy all Traditions 
	(social, judicial, political)
2. Religions are Banned
3. Monopoly: of power
			of Ideology (media)
4. Control over the Economy

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Question 8

What is a State and what are the caracteristics of it

Answer 8

A ‘state’ refers to a physical space with clearly defined borders and a government which

Characteristics :

• population
• territory
• Economy
• language
• rules
• laws