POL203Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Neocolonialism, 2 On, Fourth Geneva Convention
12 Dec 2016
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Lecture 2 (cid:498)westphalian(cid:499): population living in a specific geographic area. Russia is one of the largest geographic areas. Nauru is a pacific island location: small in geographic size and amongst the smallest. Monaco is the smallest geographic area with a population of approx. Westphalian states must have a government (e. g. military regimes, democratic regimes, authoritarian regimes) To be considered a state, entity requires: internal and external sovereignty. Internal sovereignty: gov. of state has final decision making (final word) and this power extends to all powers of life (e. g. laws are applied to everyone) Typically, in most states, states chose not to regulate all aspects of its citizens" lives. External sovereignty: the rules and laws of the population living in a specific geographic area are applied to other foreign actors (outsiders) Georgia, the country, used to have its own boundaries until recently when parts of it were taken by russia.
