Political Globalization Flashcards
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according to this sociologist state is a compulsory political organization with continuous operations
Max Weber
For the sociologist Max Weber, “[a] compulsory political organization with continuous operations will be called a ___
state
ts administrative staff successfully upholds a claim to the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force in the enforcement of its order
what idea
state
Based on the given definition, state has the following elements (4)
It is a political organization;
It is a compulsory political organization;
It has continuous operation; and
It has the exclusive legitimate use of power in the enforcement of order [within its territory].
The state is a group of people organized for the purpose of promoting the common good.
what element of state
political organization
State has a formal structure of government; it works according to declared principles and policies; its powers are established, defined, and limited; and people’s rights and obligations are declared and enumerated.
what element of state
political organization
(a) the state is supreme and must be obeyed by the people at all times; (b) membership to it is conferred by the state according to the requirements it prescribes; (c) membership in the state entails corresponding rights and obligations which are demandable and obligatory; (d) and obedience to its commands is obligatory, which means that they must be complied with to avoid punishment.
what element of state
compulsory organization
The state is different from the government. The government is the agency through which the state expresses and carries out its will. People may come and go, the government may change its forms and powers, and its territories may change its size, but the state remains the same; it continues to exist for as long as it exercises its exclusive power to enforce obedience within its territory
what element of state
continuous operation
That the state has an exclusive legitimate use of force to enforce obedience among the people within its territory means that the state is sovereign.
what element of state
legitimate use of authority
is the power of of the state to effectively enforce obedience from its people absent any power over and above it. The state therefore exercises the supreme power to govern its members within its territory.
Sovereignty
Another definition of state, to which many of us may be familiar, is given by
James Garner
is a community of persons more or less numerous, permanently occupying a definite portion of territory, having a government of their own to which the great body of inhabitants render obedience and enjoying freedom from external control
state
The state, from the given definition, has the following elements (4)
people
territory
government
sovereignty
To constitute a state, there is no minimum number of members required.
what element of state (2nd)
people
t may be composed of about a thousand people just like the smallest state in the world
Batican
does not also require that its people should have common racial origin or that they should share common cultural traits, which is what a nation is
state
refers to the defined mass of land and water, including the airspace above it, in which its people cohabit and within which the state exercises sovereignty.
territory
is the administrative body through which the state exercises its sovereignty by enacting, implementing, and applying laws for the promotion of the common good
government
refers to the body of the people entrusted with the power to express and carry out the wills of the state
government
is the supreme power of the state to command obedience from its people within its territory.
Sovereignty
Sovereignty has two elements
internal
refers to the supreme power of the state to command obedience from its people
internal sovereignty
refers to the power of the state to direct its economic, political, social, and cultural affairs, without the interference of any external forces
external sovereignty
which was entered into by different states in 1648, which effectively diminished the power of the Roman Catholic Church and the Holy Roman Empire, and has cemented the sovereignty of the state.
Treaty of Westphalia