POLB92H3 Lecture Notes - Statistical Significance, Iranian Revolution, Great Purge
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What is it, what causes it and we will focus on two different definitions. We apply theories to two cases, french revolution and russian revolution. Terror vs. other forms of oppression, and the causes of terror. Great terror in france, stalin, the holocaust. Central apparatus of political or coercive power in a particular national territory (police, military, welfare office) Maintains order, and service to the citizens. Set of rules by which political power is allocated. Democracy, heredity, monarchy, who possesses the biggest gun. Professor had to criticize the country, and gave a speech in which he referred to the regime as having corruption etc. Afterwards they went to a pub and they agreed with him. You only use it in case when the ruler is so much in power that power is gained in use. Group of people in power at the time. Changes the most often, the most impermanent.
