POL SCI 51A Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Human Nature, Homicide, Helots
27 Mar 2016
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War is normally thought of as state on state violent behavior between two countries. Weber"s deinition of state monopoly of legitimate use of violence within a given territory. Civil war is diferent there is a collapse of state and sovereignty. The state has lost power over its citizens: example syria: the state does not have a monopoly on use of force within the country. What is the diference between civil war and revolution? (sequence: revolution taking down a ruler, civil war competition between who is going to be the ruler. Very diicult to make sense of neighbor on neighbor violence (brother on brother). No violence between communities, but within a community. Greece was made of city states not one solid state. City states not one solid state, but many greeces". Backstory: 480 bce: beaing back persians, athenians lead the war (almost single handed delian league) 479-432 bce rise of athens versus sparta.
