Chapter Two

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Chapter Two

• States

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Defining the State

• States versus States.
• The main unit of power in the world at the
  moment.
• A lot of terms pop up state, nation, regime,
  government, polity, etc.

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Weber and the State

• Simple definition the state is a human
  community that (successfully) claims the monopoly
  of the legitimate use of physical force within a
  given territory (Max Weber, Politics as a
  Vocation in Gerth and Mills, 194678).
• As ONeil (21) says a state provides security
  for its subjects by limiting the danger of
  external attack and internal crime and disorder.

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Weber and the State

• The modern state (as defined by Weber 197856)
• Posses an administrative and legal order (which
  is subject to change by legislation)
• Is run by officials bound by that order (i.e., by
  known rules)
• Both the structures and the personnel that man
  the structures are bound by legislative action
• Has a territorial base
• Controls, within its borders
• Citizens,
• Activities within its borders, and
• The legitimate use of force within its borders.

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Weber and the State

• Draper and Ramsay definition (24) of the state is
  Weberian
• A set of public institutions that make and
  enforce rules.
• Control of a specific territory.
• Monopoly on the use of violence.

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Additional Key Terms

• Regime
• Basic Definition the fundamental rules and
  norms of politics (ONeil, 22).
• It is institutionalized and can only be changed
  by a dramatic events s (war, revolution).
• Democratic or authoritarian (see box on p28).
  This is the who governs question.

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Additional Key Terms

• Government the leadership in charge of the
  state. The means by which they govern is
  determined by the nature of the regime.
• Country shorthand for all of this (state
  regime government).

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Additional Key Terms

• Nations  a named human population sharing an
  historical territory, common myths and historical
  memories, a mass, public culture, a common
  economy and common legal rights and duties for
  all members (RK, 98).
• Psychological
• Identity (ethnicity, language, religion)
• An example of a true nation-state  Japan
• An example of a stateless nation  the Kurds
• An example of a multistate nation  North and
  South Korea
• An example of a multinational state  Great
  Britain

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Legitimacy

• Power, Authority (and Legitimacy)
• Legitimacy Defined when something or someone
  is recognized and accepted as right and proper
  (ONeil, 34).
• Types (from Weber)
• Traditional
• Charismatic
• Rational-legal

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Governing Power

• Legislative
• Executive
• Judicial

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Degree of Centralization

• Unitary
• Federal
• Confederal

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Federal
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Confederal
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State Strength

• Strong, Weak and Failed
• Capacity
• Autonomy

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