POL327Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Total War, Indirect Rule, Mphasis
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Charles tilly - war making and state making as organized. Study online at quizlet. com/_tht3i: but govt protection often qualifies as racketeering, claim, developed a durable interest in promoting the accumulation of capital, effective war requires capital. Create a threat and then charges for its reduction. Threats imaginary or a consequence of govt activities. Total war making required to hold off competitors. European state making did not foresee the emergence of national states. Increased capacity to extract extraction >>> neutralisation or elimination of rivals. War making >>> state making through the expansion of military organisation alliances formed with specific social classes. >>> who then loaned resources and provided support, ensuring society"s compliance in return for a measure of protection. Resistance led to concessions > rights, representative institutions, courts of appeal. Concessions constrained later state and war making: relative balance between 4 elements significantly affected the organisation of the state which emerged. Wm prevalence >>> military play a larger part.
