POLS 2200 Lecture 3: Lecture 2- pols 2200

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2200
• Professor: Janine Clark

Document Summary

The term state refers to a populated , unambiguous bordered territory and to the legal, political body that governs that territory. The state furthermore has sovereignty over its own affairs and population. A state has a monopoly on the authority and power to engage in war. The (cid:373)ost (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374)ly used defi(cid:374)itio(cid:374) of the state is (cid:862)a hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)ity that successfully claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory(cid:863) (max weber. What are the values that states are expected to uphold in the modern state system: security, freedom, order and justice, welfare. Why is the state (cid:272)o(cid:374)sidered (cid:862)a histori(cid:272)al i(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374), fashio(cid:374)ed (cid:271)y people(cid:863)? (ja(cid:272)kso(cid:374) a(cid:374)d. Greek city-state system (500 bce 100 bce)