POSC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Abstract And Concrete, Communes Of France, Charismatic Authority
31 Oct 2017
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State- an ongoing administrative apparatus that develops and administers laws and policies in a specific territory, synonymous with country. Political entity which can exercise sovereignty within a defined geographical t. Government- actors who make and enforce laws, acting on behalf of abstrac. Nation- a group of people who perceive themselves as sharing a sense of belonging language, culture, and set of traditions. Modern state- emerged some place between 12th and 15th centuries. Feudalism- individual lord had sovereignty of small territory, pledged loyalty overlapping territory claims, what it was like before development of modern. People being governed sometimes by things much smaller (lords) or larger (r today. Today, almost all land (excluding antarctica) that comprises the earth is under sove in europe, but from 18th-21st centuries has spread over the entire earth. No single model which places must follow to become a state, most have different h.
