[ECH2310] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (102 pages long)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Conflict Studies and Human Rights
• Course: ECH 2310
• Professor: Michael Williams

Document Summary

*machiavelli sees the ordinary citizen as simpleminded and predictable, by nature men are followers* Chapter 5: how to govern cities lived under by their own laws: devastate them, occupy them, allow state to maintain laws under oligarchy. > rulers who do this are more successful. Conclusion: * devastating a region is often the most reliable way of securing power because people are followers by human nature. Blood/heredity does not make you a good ruler. A prince cannot rely solely on his heredity. He must use his natural skill and his abilities to govern. It is not the princes job to persuade people, he should know what is best. Conclusion: *a great prince should govern based on his own skill, he cannot rely on his heredity to become a great ruler. Loyal army and respect of the surrounding principalities is what is important* Chapter 7: new principalities & goodwill of others. Princes that buy their way into power are unsuccessful.