POLS 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Hegemony

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2200
• Professor: Cindy Clarke

Document Summary

The state system the legal, political body that governs that territory. A state of furthermore has sovereignty over its own affairs and population. A stat has a monopoly on the authority and power to engage in war. The term (cid:498)state(cid:499) refers to a populated, unambiguous bordered territory and to. The most commonly used definition of the state is : (cid:498)a human community that. Within the (cid:498)organization(cid:499), states are recognized as mutually sovereign successfully claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory ( max weber, 1946) The three most important elements are: force, legitimacy, and monopoly. Relations between the states subject to international law and diplomatic. A balance of power exists among the states (cid:498)peace(cid:499). Refers to a condition of equilibrium among states. Realists believe that the world of international relations is characterized by armed states that are competing rivals and periodically go to war with each other.